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Girl's School Blouse

c1936 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Blouse with a turn-down collar and inset wrist-length sleeves, gathered into a button-through cuf. The garment has yoked shoulders, and fastens the length of the front with pearlised buttons and stitched buttonholes; three is aslo a hook and loop at the neck, and a hook and bar at the elasticated waist.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Silk
Brief description
Ecru silk; made in UK for W Buchanan outfitters, Burnley, ca. 1936
Physical description
Blouse with a turn-down collar and inset wrist-length sleeves, gathered into a button-through cuf. The garment has yoked shoulders, and fastens the length of the front with pearlised buttons and stitched buttonholes; three is aslo a hook and loop at the neck, and a hook and bar at the elasticated waist.
Dimensions
  • From centre back to hem length: 38.1cm
Credit line
Given by Mrs J. E. Rushworth
Object history
Worn by the donor, Joan Rushworth, nee Roberts (born 27/10/1928).
Collection
Accession number
MISC.725-1992

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Record createdJuly 1, 2009
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