Dress
c1930 (made)
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Little girl's dress of unlined cotton lawn printed with a design of stylized flowers and foliage in green and blue on a white ground. The dress has a round neck with a turn-down collar of white lawn, and puffed sleeves gathered into a frill beneath a self fabric band above the hem. The fullness of the dress is pleated into the neck and a shoulder panel at each side, and hand hemmed, and the garment fastens at the back of the bodice with five pairs of bound buttons and stitched loops. The upper part of the dress is decorated with hand embroidery in powder blue and olive green threads: each of the four points of the collar is worked with a design of scrolling lines and geometric shapes, repeated on the two shoulder panels (which are top-stitched in blue); the chest and back of the dress are smocked in blue and green using stem stitch, cable stitch, diamond stitch and wave stitch. The neck front is finished with a further two bound buttons, and the sleeve bands with cable stitch and diamond stitch.
Object details
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Materials and techniques | Hand-embroidered cotton lawn |
Brief description | Little girl's smocked dress of printed lawn by Liberty & Co; UK, c1930 |
Physical description | Little girl's dress of unlined cotton lawn printed with a design of stylized flowers and foliage in green and blue on a white ground. The dress has a round neck with a turn-down collar of white lawn, and puffed sleeves gathered into a frill beneath a self fabric band above the hem. The fullness of the dress is pleated into the neck and a shoulder panel at each side, and hand hemmed, and the garment fastens at the back of the bodice with five pairs of bound buttons and stitched loops. The upper part of the dress is decorated with hand embroidery in powder blue and olive green threads: each of the four points of the collar is worked with a design of scrolling lines and geometric shapes, repeated on the two shoulder panels (which are top-stitched in blue); the chest and back of the dress are smocked in blue and green using stem stitch, cable stitch, diamond stitch and wave stitch. The neck front is finished with a further two bound buttons, and the sleeve bands with cable stitch and diamond stitch. |
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Production type | Ready to wear |
Marks and inscriptions | LIBERTY & CO/ REGENT ST, LONDON (Maker's identification; Back opening of dress (true left side); stitching; thread) |
Object history | Thought to have been worn by the donor, J Webster, but no further information available |
Production | Reason For Production: Retail |
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Accession number | B.300-1996 |
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Record created | April 2, 2003 |
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