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Place of Use Continent - North America, Country - Canada, Province / Territory - Quebec, Municipality - Murray Bay, Township / District - Charlevoix-Est, County of
Category Personal artifacts
Sub-category Clothing, outerwear
Department History
Museum CMH
Earliest 1835/01/01
Latest 1845/12/31
Materials Silkworm silk, Cotton, Linen
Person / Institution Associated party, Nairne, Colonel John
Measurements Length 139.0 cm, Width 60.0 cm, Thickness 6.0 cm

Caption Comments on this evening dress from the Nairne family
Additional Information Evening dress in a English or Scottish design, made of silk twill, and with a Stewart, Prince Charles Edward tartan pattern in red, yellow, blue and white; repeat - length, 16 cm, width, 17 cm; selvedge-to-selvedge is approximately 49.5 cm. Bodice is fitted with three seams at front. Boned at side seams, in front seam right of centre, in each side front piece and at each side of centre back opening. Back opening has 11 japanned hooks and eyes. Wide shallow 'V' neck; piece at back and pointed waistline are finished with cording; lined with glazed cotton tabby. The short straight sleeves are lined with cotton tabby. Full skirt lined with tan cotton tabby and gauged to narrow waistband which is stitched to bodice; natural linen tabby facing around bottom of skirt. There have been many alterations to this dress, including: the front bodice seams have been let out; tucks on shoulders; turndown at neck; sleeves have been re-cut and re-set, all in machine-stitching; gathering thread on top of left sleeve; position of hooks-and-eyes changed; and the skirt was let out at centre front and re-joined to set-in a piece of waistband. Dress dated to circa 1840, but probably altered about 1860 or a little later. Cut and boning of bodice and gauged skirt points to late 1830s as the earliest date.