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Description: | cream taffeta; cream warp-knit gauze; Raschel lace (allover pattern of diaper of roses on lattice of stems and leaves, fancy grounds); worn with NCM 1990-388/1 evening dress, bodice: 2 bust pieces of lace, each with pointed top and one dart; centre front piece of curved pentagonal shape, to waist level; 2 backs to side-fronts, cut low at centre back, top edge with lace border; satin ribbon shoulders straps, one end sewn to back, the other through ring on ribbon loop at front point, end attached to slide on strap
skirt: one piece of taffeta, darts at side-fronts, sides and side-backs; centre back seam, open at bottom with underlap
lining: gauze behind lace; taffeta behind centre back zip
fastening: 'Lightning' metal zip at back
label: woven, blue on white, "St Michael, Nylon, Made in Britain", washing instructions; printed, "Size 14, Full length 81/531, 10.8. Bust 36",
Accession number: NCM 1990-388/2 | Subjects: | costume (women's) lace (machine-made : Raschel) | Temporal: | 1969-1970 | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Creator: | 1 Albert St | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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