Not currently on display at the V&A

Collar

1956 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Detachable embroidered collar in white lawn edged with a line of circles embroidered in buttonhole stitch in navy blue embroidery cotton. The collar has two lines of spots in matching embroidery cotton.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Lawn and embroidery cotton
Brief description
Detachable embroidered collar in white lawn, designed and embroidered by Eveline Gordon, England, 1956.
Physical description
Detachable embroidered collar in white lawn edged with a line of circles embroidered in buttonhole stitch in navy blue embroidery cotton. The collar has two lines of spots in matching embroidery cotton.
Credit line
Given by Miss E. Gordon
Object history
Registered File number 1986/63.

During an interview with Miss E Gordon, she explained that when a member of the embroidery workshop was called into the showroom to attend a customer's fitting, they had to change from their work attire into a plain navy blue dress which could be enlivened with a collar such as this one. Any time embroideresses passed through the showroom they had to be dressed in this formal manner.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
T.249A-1986

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Record createdOctober 22, 2010
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