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Chemise
Also titled Onderjurk
1920 - 1930
- Medium
- crêpe de Chine, kant (materiaal)
- Classification
- slip
- Dimensions
- length 67 cm x width 47.5 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Gift of G.A. Brusse-Urtebise, Amsterdam
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed
About this work
Originally, the French word lingerie is derived from linge or linen and included all household linens. From the mid-19th century, it was limited to women’s bodysuits or underwear. Gradually it was no longer made exclusively of linen, but also included cotton, silk, wool and, later, synthetic fabrics. From the beginning, lace – hand-made or machine-made – was favoured for decoration, as were embroidery, ribbons and bows.
