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Description: | A fine cotton lawn christening gown dating from 1800 to 1830. It is decorated with whitework embroidery, known as Ayrshire work. This embroidery was established as a cottage industry in Scotland in the 1780s. The embroiderers would be paid by the piece if they finished the intricate work on time. Tired eyes were often revived by being bathed in whisky! | License: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ | Rights holder: | Tyne & Wear Museums | Subjects: | beyond the North East living in the North East craft clothes events children people | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
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