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1984.7.8 - white linen dress
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Object Typedress
Date Made1909
Item Details
Object Typedress
Date Made1909
Accession Number
1984.7.8
Title
white linen dress
Category
Clothing, Outerwear
Object Type
dress
Date Made
1909
Gender and Age
women
Materials and Techniques
flax; woven; machine sewn; knotted, netted
Measurements
UL 152.0; SL 56.0 cm
Description
White dress with softly pouched bodice overbodice. Sleeves and yoke are embroidered with braid on net-like fabric. Bodice decorated withcouched soutache braid front and back in curving forms. Back closing with 18…
White dress with softly pouched bodice overbodice. Sleeves and yoke are embroidered with braid on net-like fabric. Bodice decorated withcouched soutache braid front and back in curving forms. Back closing with 18 hooks and eyes, the top 8 being brass rings. Net underbodice has high collar, long narrow fitted sleeves, soutache braid on neck of underbodice. Skirt flares gently with gores: 5 gores in front and 4 in back. A wide waistband curves in front; waistband is trimmed with rows of soutache braid.
Credit Line
Donated by Anne Lambert
External Links
Virtual Tour: Anne Lambert Clothing and Textiles Collection
University of Alberta, Faculty of Agricultural, Life & Environmental Sciences, Department of Human Ecology
Citation
Page Citation for 1984.7.8 - white linen dress
Page Citation
"1984.7.8 - white linen dress, Anne Lambert Clothing and Textiles Collection." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/13-39871. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.