1962.190

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Details

ID Number

1962.190

Category

Personal Artifacts

Sub-category

clothing - outerwear

Item Type

dressing

Item Name

gown

Date

1880

Materials

TEXTILE, WOOL TEXTILE, COTTON TEXTILE, MULTIFABRIC

Description

(.1) Buttons down front; hook and eye on stand up collar; bodice and sleeves lined; long sleeves; box pleats in back; waist not well defined; paisley-like design; taffeta frills on sleeves and yoke; black lace at neck (.2) Cotton backing; two hooks and eyes; hand and machine made; wine coloured shot tafetta

History

This gown is dated to circa 1880, and belonged to the donor's grandmother in England. The donor was 60 when she donated the gown in 1962, noting that her grandmother would have been 60 in 1912, but was wearing the gown in her 30's dating it to the 1880's.

Collection Name

Museum Windsor

Subject (Fre)

Y

Subjects

British / Britannique subject

Costume / Costumes subject