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Dress

1900-1920 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown (maker)
Place of origin
United Kingdom (made)

Girl's beach dress of unlined unbleached holland, with a round neck and short sleeves. The neck has a stitched down collar of self fabric and the sleeves are very slightly gathered at the shoulder; the collar and sleeves are all finished with a pleated frill of self fabric and piping of blue holland. The dress is cut without a waist seam, but has a stitched down belt (of self fabric piped with blue holland) about the hips. The garment is partly closed at the front, which fastens with six buttons and stitched buttonholes.


Object details

Category
Children's Clothes
Object type
Dress
Materials and techniques
Machine stitched holland
Holland
Machine Stitching
Brief description
Girl's beach dress of unbleached holland, United Kingdom, 1900-1920
Physical description
Girl's beach dress of unlined unbleached holland, with a round neck and short sleeves. The neck has a stitched down collar of self fabric and the sleeves are very slightly gathered at the shoulder; the collar and sleeves are all finished with a pleated frill of self fabric and piping of blue holland. The dress is cut without a waist seam, but has a stitched down belt (of self fabric piped with blue holland) about the hips. The garment is partly closed at the front, which fastens with six buttons and stitched buttonholes.
Dimensions
  • Centre back length: 66cm
Marks and inscriptions
99 (Unknown; inside neck back (label); weaving; thread)
Credit line
Given by Miss Adele Fraser
Production
Attribution note: Possibly commercially produced
Collection
Young V&A Collection
Accession number
B.279-1999

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Record createdJanuary 17, 2000
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O19901/dress-unknown/
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