Pocket Displayed on a Mannequin
Item
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Title
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Pocket Displayed on a Mannequin
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Rights
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Victoria & Albert Museum, England. All Rights Reserved ©Victoria & Albert Museum.
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Date
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Tie on pocket, 1740. Mannequin, other content displayed 2021-2022.
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Description
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Demonstration of how original quilted silk tie on women’s pockets would have been worn under a women’s dress. A mannequin wearing a dress with the front section of the skirt removed reveals the pocket underneath to illustrate how pockets were worn under garments. The pockets were accessed through an opening in the outer skirt.
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Format
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Exhibition model. Female mannequin wearing silk quilted tie on pockets, partially dissembled dress.
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Publisher
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Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
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Contributor
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Quinn Kassing
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Identifier
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Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Pockets Exhibit.
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Subject
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Pockets; clothing; fashion; cotton; women's fashion; accessories; sewn; model; diagram; dresses; display; mannequin.
