Sleeve Ruffle
Date1760-1785
OriginEngland or Europe
MediumCotton with linen needlework.
DimensionsLength at deepest part of ruffle: 12"; circumference around band: 11"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1985-128,1
DescriptionOne of a pair of double graduated sleeve ruffles, semi-sheer white cotton, needleworked with scattered white sprigs and edged with scrolling openwork flowers and leaves. Ruffles are gathered to double tabby linen tape. Stitches: chain, satin, drawnwork, buttonhole.
1760-1785
1760-1780
1750-1765
1750-1765
1760-1775
1765-1780
ca. 1770, remade ca. 1800
1750-1775
1750-1775
ca. 1700
ca. 1780
1770-1790