Set of four machine-embroidered dress trimmings.
One is a flounce of white silk (T.324), machine-embroidered in blue, pink, grey, white, brown and buff silk with an all over design of long-handled baskets of flowers, bows of ribbon, small birds and delicate swags of flowers and leaves. Scalloped lower border embroidered in white and finished off with a tasselled silk fringe.
The other three are narrow scalloped borders of white silk machine-embroidered to match the flounce with bows of ribbon, birds and floral swags.Four machine-embroidered silk dress trimmings with silks, England, ca. 1880.