Three-piece dress
Date made: c.1898-1910
Maker: unknown maker
Description: Skirt, bodice and belt braces - wholly of the braid W1.14. Grey slubbed fabric, trimmed braid with grey silk flowers on openwork ground. Skirt, 5 panel 1.07 metres long, lined grey glazed cotton. Bodice is high necked with long, tight sleeves. Neck bound in grey. Lined with flour sacks (!) . Belt braces canvas lined. Bottom of bodice appears to have been altered.
(Reference image taken in the 1990s.)
Object name: dress
Collection: Costume & Textiles Collection
ID Number: 1981-0085