E.1973.57.e_01
Type
dress
Maker of the object
Simpson, Hunter & Young
Date
circa 1895
Materials
silk, cotton, metal
Place
Scotland, Glasgow, 57-61 Buchanan Street (place of manufacture)
Description
Woman’s dress, consisting of bodice and matching skirt in purple silk plush velvet with purple corded silk and cream machine-embroidered chemical lace with net bands. Bodice with small standing collar overlaid with frill of cream lace, horizontal panel of purple corded silk across upper bust, inverted v-shape at front covered in cream lace fastening on left, full-length gigot or leg-of-mutton sleeves with frill of cream lace, labelled ‘Simpson, Hunter & Young, Glasgow’. Skirt, full-length, gored panels attached to waist band flat at front with fullness gathered into back.
Category
DRESS
Measurements
bust: 860 mm; footprint: 750 mm x 850 mm; waist: 580 mm