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Girl's Shirt

1960-1969 (made)
Artist/Maker
Galeries Lafayette (brand owner)
Place of origin
France (made)

Girl's shirt of white cotton, with a turn down collar and inset wrist-length sleeves finishing in button-through cuffs, the collar and cuffs all having rounded points and the collar with two buttonhole-stitched holes. The shirt has a back yoke and side vents, and fastens the length of the front with five translucent cream plastic buttons and stitched buttonholes; a stitched loop has been added at the neck.

Object details

Categories
Children & Childhood
Children's Clothes
Object type
Girl's shirt
Materials and techniques
Cotton, machine stitched
Cotton
Machine Stitching
Brief description
Girl's cotton shirt; France, 1960-1969
Physical description
Girl's shirt of white cotton, with a turn down collar and inset wrist-length sleeves finishing in button-through cuffs, the collar and cuffs all having rounded points and the collar with two buttonhole-stitched holes. The shirt has a back yoke and side vents, and fastens the length of the front with five translucent cream plastic buttons and stitched buttonholes; a stitched loop has been added at the neck.
Dimensions
  • Centre back below collar length: 44.2cm
Production typeMass produced
Marks and inscriptions
  • galeries Lafayette (sic) (Label; inside neck back; weaving; thread)
  • ISABELLE RUBEN (owner's mark; inside neck back; weaving; thread)
Credit line
Given by Mr. and Mrs. Ruben
Object history
Worn by the donors' younger daughter Isabelle Ruben (born 1956). The shirt was worn with a bar brooch (B.180-1999) across the neck
Production
Reason For Production: Retail
Collection
Young V&A Collection
Accession number
B.131-1999

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Record createdJune 30, 1999
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O11475/girls-shirt-galeries-lafayette/
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