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Woman's open gown of cotton and linen, hand-painted and woven in India, sewn in Great Britain, 1795-1800. Woman's open gown of hand-painted Indian cotton and linen. Hand-woven and hand-sewn. Mordant dyed. Cut without a waist seam, and constructed from two and a half pieces of fabric, 42 inches wide selvedge to selvedge, and gathered into 10 box pleats which run vertically from the neck down the fu…
Subject
- Neoclassical
- flowers;berries;leaves
Type of item
- Object Type: evening gown
- evening gown
- Evening dress
Date
- 1795/1800
- 1795/1800
Medium
- Material: linen
- flax
- Linen
Subject
- Neoclassical
- flowers;berries;leaves
Type of item
- Object Type: evening gown
- evening gown
- Evening dress
Date
- 1795/1800
- 1795/1800
Medium
- Material: linen
- flax
- Linen
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Creation date
- 1795/1800
- 1795/1800
Places
- Great Britain; India; India
Provenance
- Given by Margaret Simeon
Identifier
- T.121-1992
- http://mint-projects.image.ntua.gr/europeana-fashion/http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O127152
Extent
- Length 70in (back, neck to hem); Length 72in (front, shoulder to hem); Circumference 14in (bust); Length 14in, Width 14in (repeat)
Format
- Technique: handmade
- Technique: handmade
- Color: white
- Color: blue
- handmade
- white
- blue
- Handmade
Is part of
- Europeana XX: Century of Change
Is related to
- http://thesaurus.europeanafashion.eu/thesaurus/10378
- cotton (fiber)
- chintz
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2022-01-25T14:47:16.435Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2024-07-01T08:40:15.143Z