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Skirt to a wedding dress, silk net with Carrickmacross style cutwork and embroidery, made in Swansea, ca. 1840. Unpicked skirt to a wedding dress, Carrickmacross style cutwork and embroidery on machine made net worked with roses, shamrocks, thistles and o
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Skirt to a wedding dress, silk net with Carrickmacross style cutwork and embroidery, made in Swansea, ca. 1840. Unpicked skirt to a wedding dress, Carrickmacross style cutwork and embroidery on machine made net worked with roses, shamrocks, thistles and other flowers. Made up from 25 narrow lengths of machine-made net, each appliquéd with a different strip of flowers in white muslin and connected with an extremely narrow decorative openwork braid. From left to right, the designs are: Lily of the valley, roses, daisies, unidentified flower, thistles, shamrocks, roses, daisies, lily of the valley, roses, unidentified flower, shamrocks, roses, thistles, unidentified flower, daisies, roses, unidentified flower, shamrocks, roses, lily of the valley, unidentified flower, roses, unidentified flower, thistles. The bottom of the skirt is encircled with two bands of applique leaves flanking a narrower band of shamrocks. Silk net with Carrickmacross style appliqué.
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Title: Skirt to a wedding dress, silk net with Carrickmacross style cutwork and embroidery, made in Swansea, ca. 1840. Unpicked skirt to a wedding dress, Carrickmacross style cutwork and embroidery on machine made net worked with roses, shamrocks, thistles and o
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Skirt to a wedding dress, silk net with Carrickmacross style cutwork and embroidery, made in Swansea, ca.
1840.
Unpicked skirt to a wedding dress, Carrickmacross style cutwork and embroidery on machine made net worked with roses, shamrocks, thistles and other flowers.
Made up from 25 narrow lengths of machine-made net, each appliquéd with a different strip of flowers in white muslin and connected with an extremely narrow decorative openwork braid.
From left to right, the designs are: Lily of the valley, roses, daisies, unidentified flower, thistles, shamrocks, roses, daisies, lily of the valley, roses, unidentified flower, shamrocks, roses, thistles, unidentified flower, daisies, roses, unidentified flower, shamrocks, roses, lily of the valley, unidentified flower, roses, unidentified flower, thistles.
The bottom of the skirt is encircled with two bands of applique leaves flanking a narrower band of shamrocks.
Silk net with Carrickmacross style appliqué.
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