Use: Domestic. Household trimmingBobbin lace edging. Sample

Use: Domestic. Household trimmingBobbin lace edging. Sample

Use: Domestic. Household trimmingBobbin lace insertion. Sample

Use: Domestic. Household trimmingBobbin lace edging. Sample

Use: Domestic. Household trimmingBobbin lace edging. Sample

Use: Domestic. Household trimmingBobbin lace insertion. Sample

Use: Domestic. Household trimmingBobbin lace insertion. Sample

Use: Domestic. Household trimmingA darned lace edging. Sample

Use: Domestic. Household trimmingBobbin lace edging. Sample

Use: Domestic. Household trimming Bedfordshire type heading.Bobbin lace edging. Sample

Use: Domestic. Household trimmingBobbin lace edging. Sample

A black silk edging used as a costume trimmingBobbin lace edging. Sample

Use: Fashion accessoryBobbin lace edged handkerchief.

Use: Fashion accessoryBobbin lace edged handkerchief

Probably made for the tourist tradeBobbin lace. Triangular piece

Good quality dress front/plastron. Fashion itemBobbin lace - Dress front

Machine knitted lace shawl

Use: domestic. household trimmingBobbin lace edging. sample

Use: Domestic. FashionMachine lace bonnet veil

Use: Domestic. FashionBobbin lace cap back

Use: Domestic. FashionMachine lace bonnet veil

Use: DomesticLace mat of tatting and crochet

Use: Domestic. FashionBobbin lace cap and lappets

Bobbin lace historical reconstruction

Use: Domestic. FashionBobbin lace dress front

Use: Domestic. Fashion Bobbin and needle lace collar

Collar Mrs Alice Caldwell (Poole) 1894 Heather McNamara Isobel McNamaraCream lace front-collar.lace, collar, mcnamara, heather, caldwell alice

Coffee coloured lace edging.fashion and textiles collection - kew historical society, textiles - lace

Cream coloured lace edging.fashion and textiles collection - kew historical society, textiles - lace

Netta Fuller and her husband Alec were long-term residents of Kew. As a boy, Alec had attended East Kew Primary School and was later highly involved in the Kew Presbyterian Church during the 1950s and 60s. Netta's passion was for historic clothing and its exhibition. In 1985, Netta Fuller and Elizabeth Pace launched a parade of garments sponsored by Kew Historical Society at Holy Trinity Church, Kew. The parade was called 'Downunder Dressmakers' and included a collection of over fifty items of clothing dating from 1800 to 1984. The collection included dresses, hats, scarfs, capes, sporting costumes etc. The core of the parade consisted of a collection of 19th century costumes worn by the ancestors of a Miss Gertrude Murray, a resident of Blackburn. In sourcing items for her collections, Netta Fuller collected costumes stored in old trunks and wardrobes, or even purchased from opportunity shops. (During the period in which she collected and exhibited costumes, the latter could often be a reliable source for the purchase of historic and aesthetically significant costumes.) Not satisfied with purchasing authentic costumes of the period, Netta also used these as models for artistic recreations. Following her retirement from both collecting and exhibiting, Netta Fuller donated a number of 19th Century garments to the Kew Historical Society's costume collection. A number of garments were parts of costumes such as bodices, while others were complete outfits. Some of the latter exhibit signs of old damage, however very few of the costumes had been modified to enable them to be worn in exhibitions. Provenance, apart from that the costumes were donated by Netta Fuller after 1985 is limited to donor information, although some of her donations may have originally been part of the collection owned by the Murray family. While the costumes are old and therefore historic, provenance is less important than the representativeness and/or rarity of the costumes. Similarly, the costumes need to be evaluated as a group and separately, considering their aesthetic and artistic significance as well a their age.Black silk and lace bodice.victorian fashion, netta fuller, bodices