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Description: | grey faille hand-embroidered in coloured silks, white crepe (the embroidered silk is probably Japanese export), stand collar of faille embroidered with apple blossom on continuous stem; centre front of crepe over pink silk, ruched with tucks on collar front, V of honeycomb smocking below collar; lozenge of smocking at waist; 2 side-fronts flared to hem, each with an underarm dart to hip level; long triangular gusset under arm; 2 side-backs; 2 backs to waist; 2 side-backs to skirt, cartridge-pleated to backs; cenrte back with double box-pleats stitched flat, sewn in at collar, hanging loose at centre back and sewn into skirt below waist; the fronts embroidered with padded branches with applie blossom; each front with a square patch-pocket, emboidered, and over bottom of dart; centre back embroidered to waist level
sleeves: long, one piece gigot, fowrad set seam, gathered at sleeve-head; sewn down turnback cuff, embroidered
lining: pink silk with lozenge quilting over wadding; tie belt of pink silk at waist
fastening: 2 hooks and worked bars on collar; right side-front with 14 crepe covered buttons, concealed buttonholes,
Accession number: NCM 1980-327 | Subjects: | needlework costume (women's) | Temporal: | 1893-1897 | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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