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Description: | ivory cotton net machine embroidered (Schiffli) with diaper of circles of twelve rings, every other ring linked by zigzag which forms the outside of groups of six kite shapes centred on a ring, ring between each group (pattern inspired by the crystal structure of the beryl) made by A.C.Gill and Co., 'Witchcraft Lace', Warser Gate * Nottingham; ivory acetate taffeta; machine stitched, hand finished, 1. DRESS: bodice: lace mounted onto taffeta and treated as one fabric; one front to waist, shaped into two points over bust and by almost meeting darts from the points and the waist; one low cut back shaped by waist darts; top and waist edge with binding of taffeta; shoulder straps of pleated three twist net
skirt: foundation skirt of six flared panels of taffeta (three front, three back); three graduated flounces of lace, box-pleated into waist and onto taffeta; free edges of lace bound with taffeta
lining: front of bodice with ivory satin, cut shorter than the main bodice, shaped as bodice; skirt with underskirt of six panels of white rayon crepe sewn in above middle flounce
fastening: pink metal zip in left side placket; hooks with worked bars at top and waist; press stud on lace of skirt
bones: four each of two strips of whalebone herringbone stitched together, at sides and back darts
label: printed, black and white on grey ‘Witchcraft, Regd., Loveliest of laces’, below witch in full skirt and gauzy cloak on a broomstick
2. JACKET; machine embroidered net, acetate taffeta, as dress
two net fronts, cut with V neck and curved away above waist, one net back; no collar; edges bound with taffeta
sleeves: long, one piece, extending over hand; shaped by two darts at elbow; wrist edge bound with taffeta; at wrist button of net over cotton and iron, worked loop, made for and worn by Alice Grace Jenny, Lady Bragg (nee Hopkinson), married 1921 Sir (William) Lawrence Bragg (born 1890, knighted 1941) OBE, MC, FRS, MA, Hon. D.Sc, Hon. Ph.D, Hon. LlD, son of Sir William Henry Bragg, OM, KBE, FRS. In 1915 Lawrence Bragg was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics with Sir W H Bragg for work on X rays and crystal structures.
Accession number: NCM 1962-43 | Subjects: | lace (machine-made) costume (women's) | Temporal: | 1951 | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Creator: | Nottingham | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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