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Silk Damask Dress
Early 1820s

Delightful and unusual details on the sleeves and hem of this Romantic Style dress.


Cataloguing

Of palest café au lait coloured silk damask woven with a small repeat leaf motif, the short bodice with wide drawstring neck, the long sleeves with a cap of damask, edged with piping, from which a palest pink silk puff emerges, with a piped strap, the cuff with four cutwork piped straps, back opening with coffee silk ribbon at high waist,  the hem with a wide palest pink silk padded roll, appliqué with cutwork flowers, above a hem roll of damask.



Shoulder to hem - 4 ft 2 in;  50 cm



Underarm - 32 in; 82 cm.



Hem - 6ft 8 in; 2 m



Skirt panels -17 in; 44 cm selvedge to selvedge.


Condition

In very good condition.  The neck drawstring is a replacement, but the waist one is orginal,  There is a  4 x 2 1/2 in; 10 x 6 cm area to the back side of the skirt with light brown markings. The lambswool wadding on the hem was popping out so we have put a few stitches.


Comments

Nineteenth Century Fashion in Detail. Lucy Johnston p 74.