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Carriage dress

(ENGLAND)
Carriage dress
 (c. 1855)

Medium
silk, glass and metal (buttons), metal (hooks), baleen

Measurements
154.5 cm (centre back) 35.5 cm (waist, flat)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
The Schofield Collection. Purchased with the assistance of a special grant from the Government of Victoria, 1974

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
(England)

Accession Number
D140-1974

Department
International Fashion and Textiles

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest

Physical description
Coffee brown, Lyon silk, two tiered skirt 'a disposition' bands of white woven decoration, pagoda sleeves. Rosette trim, glass buttons.

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