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Red wool stays, back lacing, English 1770-1780. These back-lacing stays of red wool have a high narrow back with a wide curving decolletage and a point in front, about 5 cm below the waistline. The white lacing up the centre front is decorative. The centre front piece is very wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, causing the two side pieces on each side curve round from back to front. There ar…
Type of item
- Object Type: stays
- stay
- Stays
Date
- 1770/1780
- 1770/1780
Medium
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Creation date
- 1770/1780
- 1770/1780
Places
- England
- England
- United Kingdom
Provenance
- Given by the family of the late Mrs Jane Robinson
Identifier
- T.192-1929
- http://mint-projects.image.ntua.gr/europeana-fashion/http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O10456
Extent
- Length 47cm, Width 96cm (unspecified); Circumference 85cm (chest)
Format
- Technique: handmade
- Color: red
- Color: white
- handmade
- red
- white
- Handmade
Is part of
- Europeana XX: Century of Change
Is related to
- silk (silkworm material)
- wool (hair material)
- canvas
- weave
- twill
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2020-04-07T12:17:48.782Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2024-07-01T08:40:15.143Z