c1820 grey silk dress. Side. The dress has over and under-sleeves and elaborately designed cuffs. Back closing with 5 buttons (top two are original) and hook and eye at neck and waist. Piped applique decoration around hem and on bodice. Pleated back panels. Half-mourning? - Princess Charlotte died 1817, Prince Edward Duke of Kent 1820 and of course King George III 1820. The public wore mourning for Royal deaths.
Woman's spencer
Spencer 1800, American, Made of silk (Grecian Regency) ~~~~~ The Spencer was worn both indoors and outdoors and for eveningwear and was made of silk or a wool material known as kerseymere. When it was worn as an indoor evening Spencer it was called a canezou. Spencers stayed in fashion for about 20 years whilst the waistline remained high.
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This 1830s day dress is made of challis printed with a realistic design of wild strawberries, bamboo, pinks and anemones. Technical improvements to the printing process and advances in dye chemistry meant that floral prints could be mass-produced at low prices, and the repeal of excise duty on printed textiles in 1831 helped to reduce costs.
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