Details
A dress of pale blue ribbed silk, striped in ivory silk and brocaded in coloured silks with sprigs of flowers, the bodice with rounded point, the skirts pleated and trimmed with bands of similar silk, the sleeves with single van dycked ruffle, trimmed overall with fly fringing, the back applied with a later bow, possibly originally 1770s, with much later alteration
Special notice
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Further details
Sold with a note inscribed 1829 dress originally from Middlewood Hall Oughtibridge owned now by the Countess of Wharncliffe.
Middlewood Hall in Worrall, Sheffield, is now a hotel.
Middlewood Hall in Worrall, Sheffield, is now a hotel.