Lot Essay
This piece is a rare surviving robing from a dress of the late 17th century. It is shaped by soft gathers in the backing silk, the original yellow floss silk stitches still being present.
Details
A bertha of metal lace wound on a yellow silk foundation thread, worked with a border of fans on either side, with quatrefoil devices worked with wheatears, backed with salmon pink silk, 17th century--50in x 3in