Fancy dress
Category
Costume
Date
1920
Materials
Silk
Measurements
1533 mm (Length)510 mm (Length)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 934658.1
Summary
Dress, part of Lady Jane Grey, Lady Turnbull (1899-1991) fancy dress (DUN/TC/364.1-4); crimson silk velvet, crimson silk taffeta; lining red plain open weave cotton (dressed), white cotton twill weave, fourteen bodice stiffeners, roll padded bustle, two underarm shields; trimming, cream chiffon scarf edged with pearls, wired high collar cream machine lace decorated with cream cotton and metal threads couched, edged with pearls; magenta silk edging; bunch of flowers including rosebud, forget-me-not, daisies and mauve (?); two gilt metal thread cords and tassels 65 mm and 265 mm; gilt metal thread lace edging 40 mm; sleeve wrist frill, cream chiffon with cream, lace edging decorated with gilt thread couched and pearls 57 mm.
Provenance
Worn by Lady Jane Grey (b.1899)