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About this object

  • ID:

    57.106/8

  • Production date:

    1752-1775

  • Location:

    In Store

  • This gown and matching stomacher are made of very fine silk. Because of its shine or lustre, the fabric was called a lustring or lutestring. The process of 'lustrating' involved stretching and moistening the textile. In a 1756 treatise, silk designers are advised that ornaments for lustring ‘must be open and airy’ so as not to obscure the glazed ground.  < ...Read more

  • Measurements

    L 1320 mm (skirt back), L 360 mm (bodice back), L 350 mm (stomacher), L 480 mm (sleeve with ruffle), L 180 mm (ruffle), C 720 mm (waist), C 1590 mm (hips), C 2380 mm (skirt), L 50 mm (collar detail), L 550 mm (skirt ruffle)

  • Materials

    silk; linen

  • Last Updated

    2024-03-14

FURTHER INFORMATION
  • NUMBER OF ITEMS

    2

  • STATUS

    permanent collection

  • COPYRIGHT HOLDER

    digital image copyright Museum of London

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