A woman's gown of cream silk brocaded with large floral sprays in shades of blue, red, pink, green and brown. The gown is in the English (tight-back) style, open down the front with elbow-length sleeves. The bodice and sleeves are lined with linen. Thb bodice meets at the front, with no robings or stomacher. The gown has stitched pleats at the back and the skirt is pleated at stitched at the waist seam. It is made of five widths of silk with a half width on either side of the front. The skirt is faced with pale green silk taffeta.
The gown and bodice linen are pieced and the gown was probably remade from an earlier garment, possibly a mantua. Hooks and eyes were added later either for fancy dress or early museum display.
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| - A woman's gown of cream silk brocaded with large floral sprays in shades of blue, red, pink, green and brown. The gown is in the English (tight-back) style, open down the front with elbow-length sleeves. The bodice and sleeves are lined with linen. Thb bodice meets at the front, with no robings or stomacher. The gown has stitched pleats at the back and the skirt is pleated at stitched at the waist seam. It is made of five widths of silk with a half width on either side of the front. The skirt is faced with pale green silk taffeta.
The gown and bodice linen are pieced and the gown was probably remade from an earlier garment, possibly a mantua. Hooks and eyes were added later either for fancy dress or early museum display. (en)
- A woman's gown, English, 1780s; cream silk brocaded large multi-colour flowers, Spitalfields, 1745-50 (en)
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| - A woman's gown of cream silk brocaded with large floral sprays in shades of blue, red, pink, green and brown. The gown is in the English (tight-back) style, open down the front with elbow-length sleeves. The bodice and sleeves are lined with linen. Thb bodice meets at the front, with no robings or stomacher. The gown has stitched pleats at the back and the skirt is pleated at stitched at the waist seam. It is made of five widths of silk with a half width on either side of the front. The skirt is faced with pale green silk taffeta.
The gown and bodice linen are pieced and the gown was probably remade from an earlier garment, possibly a mantua. Hooks and eyes were added later either for fancy dress or early museum display. (en)
- A woman's gown, English, 1780s; cream silk brocaded large multi-colour flowers, Spitalfields, 1745-50 (en)
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