"1890~, London" . . "This dress is an example of \u2018half-mourning\u2019. The adoption of mourning dress was a powerful way of demonstrating respectability and \u2018class\u2019 and generated much work for the dressmaking industries in the late nineteenth century. After the first weeks of wearing unrelieved black, elements of mauve or white could be introduced as a sign of time passing by. The artificial dyes including 'Mauve', discovered in the 1850s and afterwards helped to make dying large quantities of fabric easier and cheaper to achieve, and so fuelled the fashion for wearing mourning colours for personal and official bereavement."@en . . "This dress is an example of \u2018half-mourning\u2019. The adoption of mourning dress was a powerful way of demonstrating respectability and \u2018class\u2019 and generated much work for the dressmaking industries in the late nineteenth century. After the first weeks of wearing unrelieved black, elements of mauve or white could be introduced as a sign of time passing by. The artificial dyes including 'Mauve', discovered in the 1850s and afterwards helped to make dying large quantities of fabric easier and cheaper to achieve, and so fuelled the fashion for wearing mourning colours for personal and official bereavement."@en . . "Dress (bodice and skirt), black and mauve striped silk, Hayward, London, c.1890"@en . . . . "T.4:1,2-2015" . . . . . "Separate bodice and skirt of striped silk in black and mauve. The bodice has a stand collar (with a cord edging which may originally have been covered with piping or a trimming), long sleeves, and fastens centre front with hooks and corresponding handstitched eyelets. The front fastening is concealed by an extension to the right hand side of the bodice which may have been pinned in place. The bodice is lined with striped cotton and there are nine short bones giving support.\n\nThe skirt has a herringbone tape wasitband, is made from flat panels at the front, forming pleats either side of the centre back opening. It fastens with three metal hooks and eyes. The skirt is lined with glazed cotton and has a narrow wool tape reinforcing the hem."@en . . "Separate bodice and skirt of striped silk in black and mauve. The bodice has a stand collar (with a cord edging which may originally have been covered with piping or a trimming), long sleeves, and fastens centre front with hooks and corresponding handstitched eyelets. The front fastening is concealed by an extension to the right hand side of the bodice which may have been pinned in place. The bodice is lined with striped cotton and there are nine short bones giving support.\n\nThe skirt has a herringbone tape wasitband, is made from flat panels at the front, forming pleats either side of the centre back opening. It fastens with three metal hooks and eyes. The skirt is lined with glazed cotton and has a narrow wool tape reinforcing the hem."@en . . "1890~, London" . "0.54400002956390380859"^^ . "Dress (bodice and skirt), black and mauve striped silk, Hayward, London, c.1890"@en .