Object: Dress
Date: c. 1810-1815
Medium: Silk twill with embroidery
Country: England
Credit Line: Museum purchase
Object number: 2020.2.1
Descriptioncream silk twill embroidered dress; bodice trimmed with bobbin lace drawstrings at waist neck and top of bust; short sleeves trimmed with ribbon bows, scalloped and corded puffs and lace; flat front skirt, pleated into waistband at sides and back with pattern of scrolling rose vines and leaf border in chain, long and short, satin and looped buttonhole stitches
Label Text:By around 1810, a vogue for plain dress fabrics had given way to a flowering of ornamentation. The embroidered panel situated at the hem of this dress, which was probably worn for evening, features a meandering, naturalistic design of roses. It includes the flower (face and reverse), its bud, leaves shaded in two colors, and thorny stems.
Exhibitions:
- Ravishing: The Rose in Fashion