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Dress

ca.1960 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Little girl's dress of unlined pale blue lawn with a patterned vertical line in the weave and printed with a sprigged pattern of stylized red roses with black and grey foliage. The dress has a rounded neck with a Peter Pan collar of pale blue muslin edged with machine made lace, and puffed sleeves of self fabric; the gathered skirt is attached to the bodice at the waist. At the front of the waistband is a lace-edged half oval of pale blue muslin to match the collar, trimmed with a bow of narrow red velveteen ribbon. The garment fastens at the back with four white plastic buttons and stitched buttonholes, and ties of self fabric (one with a carrying loop) attached at the waist sides.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Printed lawn, muslin and machine made lace, machine stitched and hand stitched
Brief description
Little girl's dress of pale blue rose-sprigged lawn; United States of America, ca.1960
Physical description
Little girl's dress of unlined pale blue lawn with a patterned vertical line in the weave and printed with a sprigged pattern of stylized red roses with black and grey foliage. The dress has a rounded neck with a Peter Pan collar of pale blue muslin edged with machine made lace, and puffed sleeves of self fabric; the gathered skirt is attached to the bodice at the waist. At the front of the waistband is a lace-edged half oval of pale blue muslin to match the collar, trimmed with a bow of narrow red velveteen ribbon. The garment fastens at the back with four white plastic buttons and stitched buttonholes, and ties of self fabric (one with a carrying loop) attached at the waist sides.
Dimensions
  • Centre back below collar length: 48cm
Production typeMass produced
Marks and inscriptions
  • Love (above a row of hearts) (Label; inside neck back; weaving; thread)
  • 11.1/ Size 4 (Label; inside neck back; printing; printing ink)
Credit line
Given by Mr. and Mrs. Ruben
Object history
Worn by the donors' younger daughter Isabelle Ruben (born 1956)
Production
Reason For Production: Retail
Subject depicted
Associated objects
Collection
Accession number
B.122-1999

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Record createdJune 29, 1999
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