Dress
(c. 1845)
- Medium
- silk (velvet)
- Measurements
- 74.0 cm (centre back) 24.0 cm (waist, flat)
- Place/s of Execution
- (England)
- Accession Number
- D131-1974
- Department
- International Fashion and Textiles
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
The Schofield Collection. Purchased with the assistance of a special grant from the Government of Victoria, 1974 - Gallery location
- Not on display
- About this work
-
This sweet girl’s dress is dated c.1854, but its fine fabric suggests an earlier era. The crisp brocaded silk is scattered with delicate leaves, sprigs and feathers, and is a technique more commonly associated with the eighteenth century; it could possibly have come from Spitalfields, London. The expensive nature of these fabrics meant that the original garments were often re-used or altered to accommodate more contemporary styles.
- Physical description
- Child's dress in cream Spitalfields silk, scattered with embroidered leaves, sprigs and feathers, bound in coral coloured velvet.