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1967.28.76

Blue cotton dress with red edging, U-shaped neck, and front opening with buttons.

1967.28.76

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Collection type
Object
Description
Blue cotton dress with red edging, U-shaped neck, and front opening with buttons.
Long description
Blue cotton dress with long sleeves, a deep, U-shaped neck and a front opening. The dress is formed of many pieces of blue cotton stitched together. The cuffs, neck, opening and hem are all trimmed with red cotton cord, stitched in place with brown cotton thread. At the top of the opening, the cord trimming is formed into seven buttonhole loops, with corresponding bobble buttons of cord. The rest of the opening is stitched together. There are three black plastic buttons down the right side of the chest. There is one pocket on the right side, its opening trimmed with red cotton cord.
Person
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source Mercy Watson
PRM source Ipswich Museum
PRM source Patricia Margaret Maclaren Butler
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1887
Date collected
1885 - 1887
Acquisition information
Donated: 1967
Materials and processes
Material Cotton Textile Plant, Material Cotton Yarn Plant, Process Woven, Process Dyed, Material Plastic Synthetic, Process Stitched
Dimensions
Height: Max 1183 mm, Width: Max 1275 mm across sleeves, Width 924 mm hem
Object numbers
Accession number: 1967.28.76

Search terms: Clothing, Dress

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