Skip to main content
1990-16,2, Bodice
Bodice
1990-16,2, Bodice

Bodice

Date1730-1745
OriginEngland
MediumGreen silk brocaded with polychrome silk; linen bodice linings.
DimensionsACROSS SHOULDERS: 9 1/2" ; Waist (outside): 27 1/2"
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Cora Ginsburg
Object number1990-16,2
DescriptionWoman's bodice of green brocaded silk has open front edges with elbow length sleeves decorated by large cuffs. The front opening is faced with robings, the top one being 2 1/4", with smaller one beneath. These extend over the shoulders onto the back where the ends of the top pleat have been left unfinished. the back has 2 sets of stitched down pleats which extend below the waist in a tail 5" long. The bodice is constructed with a center back seam, and sewn down pleats at the back. It also has side front and side back seams. The front edges of silk conceal a strip of linen on each side of the opening which has 8 eyelets worked in a buttonhole stitch in yellow thread. The bodice is lined with linen except for the front edges beneath the pleats, 3" beneath the opening. The waist and the back neck opening have raw edges, as has the linen lining. The full sleeves are gathered into the armseye with the seam being concealed by the robings along the front edges. They are elbow length and are finished with a deep cuff (5 1/2" deep). The cuffs are gathered with 2 pleats at the inside edge, making a finished width of 2 7/8".
DS2000-0322
1730s; gown remodeled ca. 1750
Gown 1988-223
1750-1765
DS1989-0803
ca. 1740; remodeled ca. 1750
1953-852, Gown
1750-1765
Coat 1985-145,1
ca. 1780
Gown 1953-850
1770-1780
Cloak 1989-402
1775-1810
No image number on slide
ca. 1780
1987-5, Gown
1740-1760; remade ca. 1780
DS1987-759
1790-1820