APPLIED ART : COSTUME

Object Name

Trained Dress

Maker

No Mark (Primary maker)
No Mark (label)

Date Made

1800 circa
1800 circa

Description

design : Trained dress of white muslin, high waisted, the short sleeves and borders embroidered with garlands of white flowers outlined in black. Exhibition text, early 2000s: Embroidered muslin dress, c.1800 From the end of the eighteenth century the prevailing neo-classical taste, the upheavals of the political world, and technical improvements in the weaving of cotton,, encouraged the general prefernce for classical styles, less ostentation, and light, soft fabrics. However, the fineness of the cotton, the impractical train, and the light colour meantthat styles like this were just as restricted to the rich and leisured as were the more obviously expensive earlier fashions.

Materials

muslin

Catalogue Number

BELUM.T3223

Copyright

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