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Dress

1947 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Horrockses Fashions (designed and made by)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Dress in printed cotton with a modernist abstract design.


Object details

Categories
Fashion
Womenswear
Textiles
Day Wear
Europeana Fashion Project
Object type
Dress
Materials and techniques
Printed cotton
Cotton (Textile)
Printed
Brief description
Dress in printed cotton, Horrockses Fashions, Great Britain, 1947
Physical description
Dress in printed cotton with a modernist abstract design.
Dimensions
  • Length: 1132mm
  • Circumference: 820mm (Note: Chest)
  • Circumference: 645 (Note: Waist)
  • Width: 430mm (Note: Shoulder to shoulder seam (no seam))
Credit line
Given by Mrs Pamela Swinyard
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.642-1996

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O331939/dress-horrockses-fashions/
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