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Bodice: T.1-1940

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Unknown

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Description

Linen, lined and interlined linen, quilted with cord padding with cream silk in back stitch, eyelet holes in front (for cord lacing) bound silk ribbon. Ground covered by an interlacing design formed by four parallel lines of corded quilting, all the interspaces filled with formal unpadded quilted designs of lozenges, fan, leaf, scale, shell, etc.

Legal notes

Given by Miss Barr and Miss Prentis

Measurements and weight

Bust: 80 cm
Length: 38 cm
Length: 55 cm
Length: 21.75 in
Waist: 65 cm
Width: 16 in

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1940-05) by Barr, Miss Prentis, Miss

Dating

18th Century, Early#
Circa 1700 CE - Circa 1730 CE

School or Style

English

Components of the work

Decoration

Materials used in production

Linen

References and bibliographic entries

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Identification numbers

Accession number: T.1-1940
Primary reference Number: 197659
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Audit data

Created: Thursday 13 February 2014 Updated: Tuesday 17 October 2017 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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