Date:1860 - 1870 (c.)
Description:This is a handmade crinoline dress from the 1860s. It is made from a cotton floral fabric and would have been a day dress. It has scalloped sleeves with green tassels on each edge and a pleated bodice. Although the dress on the mannequin makes it appear that it is short in length it would have in fact concealed the ankles and have been floor length. The wearer of this dress like most women from the Victorian period was in fact quite short probably around 5 foot tall. The lady of this dress unlike others in our collection did not have the fashionable tiny waist but a more natural size, although she would most likely would have worn a corset.
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Image courtesy of: Mr G. Tomlinson
Donor ref:NM.2000.73.15 (22/27259)
Source: Brampton Museum and Art Gallery, Newcastle under Lyme
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