Suit
ca. 1860 (made)
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(original 1956 description) Child's [boy's] dress and coat. The material [is] cotton warp and woollen weft with brown and white horizontal stripes and a thicker warp thread.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts. (Some alternative part names are also shown below)
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| Materials and techniques | Wool and cotton blend with velvet trim |
| Brief description | Boy's dress and jacket of cotton and woollen blend, striped horizontally in brown and white; made in England, ca. 1860 |
| Physical description | (original 1956 description) Child's [boy's] dress and coat. The material [is] cotton warp and woollen weft with brown and white horizontal stripes and a thicker warp thread. |
| Credit line | Given anonymously |
| Object history | Posted to the V&A anonymously: a minute of 28/12/1955 to Textiles Dept on the RF Anonymous Textiles 1923-59 MA/2/A states: "Five articles of clothing have been received without a covering letter and they are in the TR [Transit Room] awaiting collection. The wrapping contains an address of a Mrs M Legerton of Croydon and I phoned her but she denies sending any textiles to the museum." (the other 3 pieces were baby robes) |
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| Accession number | T.41-1956 |
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| Record created | July 1, 2009 |
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