Lot 48
EMBROIDERED LINEN FARMER'S SMOCK
19TH CENTURY
Auction: Five Centuries Day One | Wed 9th September | Lots 1 to 255
£432
Description
in heavy drabbet, with a wide open collar and single button closures to the front and back; the chest, back and cuffs with finely stitched smocking, the bottom hem with a handstitched paper label with ink inscription ‘Miss Benthall’
Dimensions
length approximately 105cm
Footnote
For a linen smock with very similar stitched design to the chest and cuffs, dated from the 19th century, see V&A, London, Accession Number MISC.96-1982