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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number COLEM:1984.162.2 Institution name Colchester Collections Object name skirt, skirt Description Skirt from two piece brown silk taffeta and cotton velvet dress. Circa 1870s. Part of dress, goes with bodice 1984.162.1. Skirt: Ground length, straight at front to ruched silk and ruched velvet central panel, with piped seam above & velvet band below this, above a pleated silk and velvet hem & pocket in right hand seam & hook and eye fastening at left back on the waist (hook missing) & centre back panel, the bustle, is gathered to the waist and down each & five buttons on underside at back, 23cm from hem, with corresponding cotton tapes, at 39cm and 62cm from hem, to shorten skirt length at the back if desired & muslin lining at back only and a stiffening panel under the pleated panel Production date 1870 - 1880 Production period Victorian Material textile, textile Dimensions centre front length: 970.00 mm Location In Store Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

COLEM:1984.162.2
Institution name

Colchester Collections
Object name

skirt, skirt
Description

Skirt from two piece brown silk taffeta and cotton velvet dress. Circa 1870s. Part of dress, goes with bodice 1984.162.1. Skirt: Ground length, straight at front to ruched silk and ruched velvet central panel, with piped seam above & velvet band below this, above a pleated silk and velvet hem & pocket in right hand seam & hook and eye fastening at left back on the waist (hook missing) & centre back panel, the bustle, is gathered to the waist and down each & five buttons on underside at back, 23cm from hem, with corresponding cotton tapes, at 39cm and 62cm from hem, to shorten skirt length at the back if desired & muslin lining at back only and a stiffening panel under the pleated panel
Production date

1870 - 1880
Production period

Victorian
Material

textile, textile
Dimensions
Location

In Store

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