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About this object

  • Maker:

    Madame Laferriere

  • ID:

    40.41b

  • Production date:

    1882-1883

  • Location:

    In Store

  • This skirt is part of a dress that is included in Janet Arnold's 'Patterns of Fashion: Englishwomen's dresses and their construction c. 1860-1940' (pages 36-37). Arnold describes it as 'a dinner dress in ivory silk with satin stripes 3/8" wide, 1/16" apart. It is trimmed with ivory embroidered net and lace.'

  • Measurements

    L 1080 mm (centre front); L 270 mm (centre front to ivory lace); L 1790 mm (centre back, entire length); W 570 mm (entire width, plain silk back piece); C 760 mm (waist); W 190 mm (ivory lace); W 90 mm (net frill); W 70 mm (satin bands); W 160 mm (frill at hem inside skirt), L1730 mm (overall); C 700 mm (waist); W 1230 mm (skirt, full extent) (overall)

  • Materials

    silk; cotton; metal

  • Last Updated

    2024-03-14

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