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Description: | White (India) muslin.
bodice fastening CB with double drawstring round neck and button at waist, two tapes inside (one missing). Wide embroidered panel down centre between two lines of drawn-thread work, embroidery of cotton in chikan stitch and knots in scrolls and plume design. Elbow length sleeves with two insertions of embroidery in leaf pattern. Drawn-thread work edging round neck. Skirt with slight train, open at top. Embroidered panel from bodice extending down CF of skirt to hem. Embroidered sections worked on a different muslin, this was probably done for economy, the dress would have been cheaper.
Technique: embroidering
Material: muslin
Material: cotton
dress, 1805-1810, (1951.342). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.22086 | Go to resource |
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