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Day Dress

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Day Dress

Dress of white linen, printed with a fern and campion design in brown, 1868-70.
Linen was worn as well as cotton for summer dresses in the 1860s. This dress has a separate overskirt and an apron to form soft drapery at the back and front of the skirt. The overskirt has a series of tapes on the underside, which tie vertically to form puffs of fabric behind.

School: English

Place: England

Object Type: dress

Period: Victoria

Broad Date: Mid Victorian

Actual Date: c. 1869

Century: 19th century

Material: Linen

Museum Accession Number: CST.73