A tea gown of ivory lawn embroidered with floral whitework and inset with bands of drawn threadwork, inserted with pin-tucked modesty bodice, circa 1905-10; and a ivory muslin cap with "Ayrshire work" on the crown and lappets, mid 19th century (2)

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A tea gown of ivory lawn embroidered with floral whitework and inset with bands of drawn threadwork, inserted with pin-tucked modesty bodice, circa 1905-10; and a ivory muslin cap with "Ayrshire work" on the crown and lappets, mid 19th century (2)

Lot Essay

The cap has an attached note inscribed "Day cap belonging to N. Hay, great-grandmother of A E. Dewas. Her grave is in the S. W. corner of St Mary's-Barnsley[?] Churchyard. She was the grandmother of my father Michael Thomas Sa[r?]ler, A. E. Dewas".

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