Object Details
Manufacturer
Bromley Hall, (Middlesex, England, 1712–1763)
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Woman's printed cotton dress, with a low neckline gathered on to a drawstring in front; across the back fullness is gathered into sewn-down pleats across the shouler blades. The dress hangs waistless to the floor, and has a small train in the back. Close-fitting set-in sleeves. Ruffle around the neck and hem edges. Pocket slits in side seams. A plain linen lining in the top forms a fitted inner bodice, with holes for lacing in front. The fabric is copper plate printed in red on a white ground, with thin meandering branches, a few clusters of small flowers, intersected by a meandering arrangement of flower buds.
Credit Line
Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund
Date
ca. 1770
Accession Number
1960-72-2
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
costume & accessories
Dress
Medium
Medium: cotton Technique: printed by engraved copper plate on plain weave
Dimensions
H x W (Height of Center back; Shoulder Width; Waist circumference): 142.2 × 30.5 × 71.1 cm (56 × 12 × 28 in.)
made in
England
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Textiles Department
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1960-72-2