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Description: | Green, blue and black check silk poplin, trimmed with matching fringe and bias velvet ribbon. A variation of the Black Watch tartan.
Bodice lined with white cotton. Fastening CF up to narrow neckband. CF boned from waist to bust and trimmed with three rosettes made of the poplin with button centres. Bodice trimmed with row of ribbon and row of fringe each side running from front waist over point of shulder to back waist. Sleeves trimmed at lower edge with ribbon and buttons. Flared skirt fastening LF. Trimmed down CF with eight rosettes. Watch pocket near opening and cotton pocket in RF seam. Hem edged with black velvet ribbon and wool braid, faced black stiff muslin. Belt fastening at CF under rosette, edged with ribbon. Ornamental bow at back edged with ribbon and fringe.
Skirt has been altered and was re-attached on accession.
Letter in donor file from Miss Violet White:
'...The Plaid dress belonged to my maternal great-grandmother who was Susan Garbett 1810-1899. She was on her way to India with her parents and they were shipwrecked and landed at the Cape and then at the age of 15 she married George Wood (aged 18) who had gone out to S. Africa with the 1820 Settlers. They lived in Grahamstown and had 13 children.'
Material: poplin
Material: velvet
Material: silk
Material: cotton
Green, blue and black check silk poplin dress, 1863-67. | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.20025 | Go to resource |
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