Blouse

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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Slovakia (made)

Embroidered with silk on cotton in satin stitch. The bodice has long, full sleeves, a short body with pleating at the back, opening at the front. The broad, falling collar is fringed with gold lace and embroidered with a repeating row of flowers in yellow, green, magenta, and blue, between bands of gold braid. Similar work is on the shoulders around a wider band of gold braid. There is smocking at the cuffs, which are embroidered with geometrical patterns in red cotton.

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Categories	Womenswear Embroidery National Dress
Object type	Blouse
Title	Blouse
Materials and techniques	Silk embroidery on cotton with gold braid trim and smocking Silk Thread Cotton (Textile) Gold Braid Embroidered Sewing Smocking Braiding
Brief description	Blouse, cotton, silk, Slovakia, 1800s.
Physical description	Embroidered with silk on cotton in satin stitch. The bodice has long, full sleeves, a short body with pleating at the back, opening at the front. The broad, falling collar is fringed with gold lace and embroidered with a repeating row of flowers in yellow, green, magenta, and blue, between bands of gold braid. Similar work is on the shoulders around a wider band of gold braid. There is smocking at the cuffs, which are embroidered with geometrical patterns in red cotton.
Dimensions	With collar height: 19in With sleeves width: 65in Of sleeve length: 29in
Credit line	Given by Mrs Lewis F. Day
Object history	Registered File no. 9901/1926.
Collection	Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number	T.252-1929

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Record created	June 24, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O362614/blouse-blouse-unknown/

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