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Stomacher
(early 18th century)
- Medium
- linen, silk (thread)
- Measurements
- 31.0 × 26.0 cm
- Place/s of Execution
- (England)
- Accession Number
- 963-D2
- Department
- International Fashion and Textiles
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1913
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest - Gallery location
- 17th & 18th Century Decorative Arts & Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International - About this work
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The tabs at the side of this unlined stomacher would have been pinned to the wearer’s corset before the gown was closed over the edges. The textile’s warp and weft threads have shifted slightly over time, perhaps from repeated pulling of the textile taut across the woman’s breast. The embroidery depicts large flowers in full bloom, balanced symmetrically over most of the surface – a design in favour during the first third of the eighteenth century.