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Sindy tartan kilt

Sindy Designer Outfit
1968 (Manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This Sindy red tartan skirt, 1968, is made from a wool material, and features a gold pin on the front. While tartan kilts are traditional Scottish dress, they took on a more contemporary fashionable feel during the 1960s. The tartan featured in this kilt is Royal Stewart.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Sindy tartan kilt (manufacturer's title)
  • Sindy Designer Outfit (generic title)
Materials and techniques
A variety of sewn fabrics.
Brief description
Sindy tartan kilt. The tartan is red, blue, yellow and green, and it is held together by a metal popper. There is also a gold safety pin attached to the front.
Physical description
Sindy tartan kilt, based around red but with other colours in the tartan. Fixed into a skirt with a single gold popper and one gold safety pin is attached to the front.
Dimensions
  • Length: 8.5cm
  • As a skirt width: 7cm
Content description
Unmarked
Style
Credit line
Bequeathed by Susan Lucie White
Summary
This Sindy red tartan skirt, 1968, is made from a wool material, and features a gold pin on the front. While tartan kilts are traditional Scottish dress, they took on a more contemporary fashionable feel during the 1960s. The tartan featured in this kilt is Royal Stewart.
Collection
Accession number
B.174-2012

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Record createdNovember 23, 2012
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