Skirt

ID:

83.844

Production date:

1740-1750

Location:

In Store

Remains of the skirt of a court dress. Seven joined selvedge widths (54 cm each) of which two sets of two widths and one set of three widths have their original seams with the embroidery worked across the join. Cream ribbed silk professionally embroidered with polychrome twisted silks in long and short, satin, stem and eye stitches. All over pattern of gracefully curving stems bearing a mixture of naturalistic flowers (carnation, auricula, convolvulus, poppy, freesia, peonies) and exotics.  < ...Read more

Remains of the skirt of a court dress. Seven joined selvedge widths (54 cm each) of which two sets of two widths and one set of three widths have their original seams with the embroidery worked across the join. Cream ribbed silk professionally embroidered with polychrome twisted silks in long and short, satin, stem and eye stitches. All over pattern of gracefully curving stems bearing a mixture of naturalistic flowers (carnation, auricula, convolvulus, poppy, freesia, peonies) and exotics.

Condition is poor as the skirt has been completely altered and is stained and patched. < Hide

Measurements

L 1080 mm

Materials

silk

Last Updated

2024-03-26