TRURI : 1989.62.9 - A cream silk damask bodice with self-coloured floral design. Front fastening with a v-neck and short sleeves lined with cream gauze, remaining on one sleeve. Plain sash trimming at the waist. Maker’s label reads ‘Russell and Allen, Old Bond Street’, marked ‘Miss E. Williams’. This forms part of the trousseau of Edith Williams, who was married to Reverend Sidney Cooper, 9th January 1890.
The simple form of this garment and the floral damask patterning resembles the country fashions of the time, which were adopted in wider circles as part of the Artistic Dress and then Aesthetic Dress movements. These garments evoked natural motifs, romanticised during the Victorian period as a direct contrast to the engulfing Industrial Revolution. It adopted simpler lines and used muted colours, usually from natural dyes, rejecting the fuss and structure of mainstream fashions.
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