Chertsey Museum - Friday Frocks: Having explored some fine specimens of outerwear in our last few posts, thoughts now turn to the opposite end of the spectrum; underwear. The Olive Matthews collection
![Silk brocade gown, hat and shoes, 1780. Image reproduced by kind permission of the Olive Matthews Collection, Chertsey Museum. Photograph by John Chase | Victoria and Albert Museum Silk brocade gown, hat and shoes, 1780. Image reproduced by kind permission of the Olive Matthews Collection, Chertsey Museum. Photograph by John Chase | Victoria and Albert Museum](https://media.meer.com/attachments/c2730a1589c42ecf80c57ac5f0585c58f245bd8a/store/fill/1095/1642/a1d7afb0d7b538659fa3f5a337fdaf531fd689c5e84605ef628997459916/Silk-brocade-gown-hat-and-shoes-1780-Image-reproduced-by-kind-permission-of-the-Olive-Matthews.jpg)
Silk brocade gown, hat and shoes, 1780. Image reproduced by kind permission of the Olive Matthews Collection, Chertsey Museum. Photograph by John Chase | Victoria and Albert Museum
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Olive Matthews | Dresses | Olive Matthews Womens Black Polyester Round Neck Sleeveless Knee Length Dress 6 | Poshmark
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Fashion in Focus 1600-2009: Treasures from the Olive Matthews Collection: Evans, Grace: 9780956813503: Amazon.com: Books
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![Silk satin evening gown, 1909. Image courtesy of the Olive Matthews Collection, Chertsey Museum. | Fashion, Vintage dresses, Historical dresses Silk satin evening gown, 1909. Image courtesy of the Olive Matthews Collection, Chertsey Museum. | Fashion, Vintage dresses, Historical dresses](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/18/a1/30/18a130fe0f19d9e97eb18c8f3a426df2--edwardian-fashion-edwardian-era.jpg)
Silk satin evening gown, 1909. Image courtesy of the Olive Matthews Collection, Chertsey Museum. | Fashion, Vintage dresses, Historical dresses
![Fashion in Focus 1600-2009: Treasures from the Olive Matthews Collection: Evans, Grace: 9780956813503: Amazon.com: Books Fashion in Focus 1600-2009: Treasures from the Olive Matthews Collection: Evans, Grace: 9780956813503: Amazon.com: Books](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/614Xlxlw+vL._AC_UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg)
Fashion in Focus 1600-2009: Treasures from the Olive Matthews Collection: Evans, Grace: 9780956813503: Amazon.com: Books
![Guest Blog Month, 2021. Style by Design: Fashion Plates of the Olive Matthews Collection, Chertsey Museum. - The Costume Society Guest Blog Month, 2021. Style by Design: Fashion Plates of the Olive Matthews Collection, Chertsey Museum. - The Costume Society](https://costumesociety.org.uk/images/uploads/_medium/Illustration_1_Magazine_a_la_mode_1777.jpg)