Charlotte Brontë’s Paisley Dress Print

Eleanor Houghton, Charlotte Brontë’s Paisley Dress, Pen and ink with watercolour, 2021
 
Charlotte’s Paisley Dress dates to the late 1830s or early 1840s. The fabric design has been printed onto a fine white, striped muslin. The dress is likely to have been made by Charlotte and Martha at home in Haworth and features tiered sleeves and a voluminous skirt reduced at the waist with tiny cartridge pleats.