Blouse, cotton embroidery on cotton, Hungary, 1800s.

Cotton embroidery on cotton in satin and back stitch with smocking. The blouse is very wide with narrow sleeves of elbow length, no collar, smocking at the shoulders, and narrow cuffs. On the shoulders, sleeves, covering the V-shaped opening at the front, and round the bottom are panels of embroidery with red bands of varying width in a running pattern and black spots. The remaining surface is covered with detatched blossoms.

Given by Mrs Lewis F. Day along with objects T.202 to 279-1929.

Registered File no. 9901/1926.

Given by Mrs Lewis F. Day, the wife of Lewis Foreman Day, along with objects T.202 to 279-1929.
The designer, Lewis Foreman Day (1845-1910), was extremely keen on embroidery and published articles and manuals on the subject. He was one of the most commercially aware and successful designers of his generation. He is best known for his textiles, ceramics and wallpapers, and for his writings on the philosophy of the Arts and Crafts Movement. He had a strong relationship with the V&A and the art school attached to it, and the Museum owns a large collection of his designs.

Register: "Dr U. Gevers suggests that this is Romanian fashion costume in regional style."

T.237-1929