Bodice panel, Medium: cotton Technique: mordant painted and dyed (chintz) on tabby weave, Roughly v-shaped front panel of bodice of fine white cotton cloth with painted and dyed design of variously decorated flower heads, pointed clusters of flowerets, and various leaf forms, on freely twining stems; in blue, red, green, yellow, with much reserved filling decoration. Remnants of accents of gold leaf on wax or gum base. Lined with white silk cloth; boned; buttons of self material down front center. Two fronts of a woman's bodice, with eight buttoms made from the chintz

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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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