Frog. Fancy Dress for Boy or Girl (7 pieces)
Sewing Pattern
1925-1935 (made)
1925-1935 (made)
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7-piece sewing pattern for a child's frog fancy dress costume. The costume consists of a front-fastening jump suit which has a hood shaped as a frog's head, wrist length sleeves, and full length legs finishing in enclosed three-toed feet; there are separate gauntlets with four digits for the hands. The hood (on which the frog features are represented by buttons for the eyes and stitching for the mouth) has an aperture for the child's face and fastens beneath the chin. The pattern includes a sheet of instructions for the layout of the pattern pieces (which are cut from tissue paper) and the making up of of the pattern, and is enclosed within an inner and outer envelope.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 9 parts.
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| Title | Frog. Fancy Dress for Boy or Girl (7 pieces) (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | Paper |
| Brief description | Sewing pattern by Weldons Ltd, for a child's frog fancy dress costume; England, 1925-1935 |
| Physical description | 7-piece sewing pattern for a child's frog fancy dress costume. The costume consists of a front-fastening jump suit which has a hood shaped as a frog's head, wrist length sleeves, and full length legs finishing in enclosed three-toed feet; there are separate gauntlets with four digits for the hands. The hood (on which the frog features are represented by buttons for the eyes and stitching for the mouth) has an aperture for the child's face and fastens beneath the chin. The pattern includes a sheet of instructions for the layout of the pattern pieces (which are cut from tissue paper) and the making up of of the pattern, and is enclosed within an inner and outer envelope. |
| Production type | Mass produced |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Ida Carroll |
| Production | Used to make child's frog fancy dress costume B.62-1999 Reason For Production: Retail |
| Other number | No.66359 |
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| Accession number | B.63:1-1999 |
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| Record created | March 17, 1999 |
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