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Bib

1920-1929 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown (maker)
Place of origin
France (made)

Baby's embroidered bib of unlined white waffle cotton. The bib is of the bavoir type characteristic of France, where the otherwise circular bib is cut with a horizontal band extending from each side of the lower edge to fasten at the waist back. The bib has a circular neck piped in white cotton tape with a buttonhole and stitched loop at the neck back, and has irregularly scalloped edges worked with white buttonhole stitch incoporating cutwork. The word 'Bébé' is embroidered at the waist centre in white threads using stem stitch with cutwork embellishments.


Object details

Categories
Children & Childhood
Nursery Equipment
Embroidery
Children's Clothes
Object type
Bib
Materials and techniques
Embroidered cotton
Cotton
Embroidery
Brief description
Baby's embroidered bib; France, 1920-1929
Physical description
Baby's embroidered bib of unlined white waffle cotton. The bib is of the bavoir type characteristic of France, where the otherwise circular bib is cut with a horizontal band extending from each side of the lower edge to fasten at the waist back. The bib has a circular neck piped in white cotton tape with a buttonhole and stitched loop at the neck back, and has irregularly scalloped edges worked with white buttonhole stitch incoporating cutwork. The word 'Bébé' is embroidered at the waist centre in white threads using stem stitch with cutwork embellishments.
Dimensions
  • Total at centre length: 24cm
Marks and inscriptions
Bébé (Decoration; French; Italic; front waist; embroidery; thread)
Translation
baby
Credit line
Given by Mr. and Mrs. Ruben
Object history
Worn by one of the donors, Mrs Ruben (née Madeleine Lavigne in 1921) and her younger sister Marie-Thérèse (born 1927).
Collection
Young V&A Collection
Accession number
B.155-1999

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Record createdJune 21, 1999
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O11318/bib-unknown/
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