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Collections > Textiles > Women's Day Dress

Women's Day Dress

Day dress of white cotton, printed with black dots, worn with an embroidered handkerchief of fine white cotton trimmed with French Valenciennes lace, French or English 1780-1800. The dress has a low neckline and a plain short-waisted bodice, which wraps over at the front, and a long narrow skirt falling elegantly into a train at the back.

Place: England

Object Type: day dress

Period: George III

Broad Date: Regency

Actual Date: c. 1802

Century: 19th century

Material: Cotton

Museum Accession Number: CST.540