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Dress

ca.1960 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Little girl's dress of unlined pale blue lawn with a patterned vertical line in the weave and printed with a sprigged pattern of stylized red roses with black and grey foliage. The dress has a rounded neck with a Peter Pan collar of pale blue muslin edged with machine made lace, and puffed sleeves of self fabric. The gathered skirt has a concealed pocket at the true right side, and is attached to the added self fabric waistband (which has been cut from the fabric with the pattern running horizontally). At the front of the waistband is a lace-edged half oval of pale blue muslin to match the collar, trimmed with a bow of narrow black velveteen ribbon and an artificial red rose and green leaf. The garment fastens at the back with four white plastic buttons and stitched buttonholes, and two metal hooks and bars.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Printed lawn, muslin and machine made lace, machine stitched and hand stitched
Brief description
Little girl's dress of pale blue rose-sprigged lawn; United States of America, ca.1960
Physical description
Little girl's dress of unlined pale blue lawn with a patterned vertical line in the weave and printed with a sprigged pattern of stylized red roses with black and grey foliage. The dress has a rounded neck with a Peter Pan collar of pale blue muslin edged with machine made lace, and puffed sleeves of self fabric. The gathered skirt has a concealed pocket at the true right side, and is attached to the added self fabric waistband (which has been cut from the fabric with the pattern running horizontally). At the front of the waistband is a lace-edged half oval of pale blue muslin to match the collar, trimmed with a bow of narrow black velveteen ribbon and an artificial red rose and green leaf. The garment fastens at the back with four white plastic buttons and stitched buttonholes, and two metal hooks and bars.
Dimensions
  • Centre back below collar length: 70cm
Production typeMass produced
Marks and inscriptions
  • Love (above a row of hearts) (Label; inside neck back; weaving; thread)
  • 11:1/ Size 6/ Style 616 (Label; inside neck back; printing; printing ink)
Credit line
Given by Mr. and Mrs. Ruben
Object history
Worn by the donors' elder daughter, Claire Ruben (born 1953)
Production
Reason For Production: Retail
Subject depicted
Associated objects
Collection
Accession number
B.120-1999

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Record createdJune 28, 1999
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