English cream linen underbodice

An image of Textiles. Underbodice. Cream linen, slightly padded and lined with cream linen, the neck edge bound with silk ribbon. The back and fronts are quilted in cream silk thread (possibly yellow originally) with stylised flowers and panels of trellis diaper linked by arabesques. The garment is fastened at the front by three pairs of cream corded silk ribbon. Length, back, 21.5 in, circa 1700-circa 1749.. English.

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Textiles. Underbodice. Cream linen, slightly padded and lined with cream linen, the neck edge bound with silk ribbon. The back and fronts are quilted in cream silk thread (possibly yellow originally) with stylised flowers and panels of trellis diaper linked by arabesques. The garment is fastened at the front by three pairs of cream corded silk ribbon. Length, back, 21.5 in, circa 1700-circa 1749.. English.

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Accession Number: T.27-1981
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 1023 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 723.02kB
Exposure time: 1/15
ISO Speed: 50
Captured: 2012:02:21 14:40:33

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18th Century arabesque bodice clothes clothing cream diaper work English Fitz_AA floral flowers garments Georgian linen padded quilted ribbon silk textile trellis underbodice undergarment

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