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A sack-back gown, petticoat and stomacher made in the late 1760s of 1730s silk and trimmed with knotted silk fringe. It may have been remade from a mantua, as the petticoat is pieced with plain silk at the back. Has also been worn for 19th century fancy d

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A sack-back gown, petticoat and stomacher made in the late 1760s of 1730s silk and trimmed with knotted silk fringe. It may have been remade from a mantua, as the petticoat is pieced with plain silk at the back. Has also been worn for 19th century fancy dress. England, Spitalfields, 1765-1770. A sack-back gown, petticoat and stomacher made in the late 1760s of 1730s silk and trimmed with knotted silk fringe. It may have been remade from a mantua, as the petticoat is pieced with plain silk at the back. Has also been worn for 19th century fancy dress.  Stomacher: brocaded silk, silk thread, silk fringe, hand-woven, hand-braided and hand-sewn. Petticoat: plain and brocaded silk, silk thread, silk fringe, hand-woven, hand braided and hand-sewn. Sack back: brocaded silk, linen, silk thread, linen thread, silk fringe, hand-woven, hand-braided and hand-sewn.
Title: A sack-back gown, petticoat and stomacher made in the late 1760s of 1730s silk and trimmed with knotted silk fringe. It may have been remade from a mantua, as the petticoat is pieced with plain silk at the back. Has also been worn for 19th century fancy d
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A sack-back gown, petticoat and stomacher made in the late 1760s of 1730s silk and trimmed with knotted silk fringe.
It may have been remade from a mantua, as the petticoat is pieced with plain silk at the back.
Has also been worn for 19th century fancy dress.
England, Spitalfields, 1765-1770.
 A sack-back gown, petticoat and stomacher made in the late 1760s of 1730s silk and trimmed with knotted silk fringe.
It may have been remade from a mantua, as the petticoat is pieced with plain silk at the back.
Has also been worn for 19th century fancy dress.
  Stomacher: brocaded silk, silk thread, silk fringe, hand-woven, hand-braided and hand-sewn.
Petticoat: plain and brocaded silk, silk thread, silk fringe, hand-woven, hand braided and hand-sewn.
Sack back: brocaded silk, linen, silk thread, linen thread, silk fringe, hand-woven, hand-braided and hand-sewn.

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