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Atlantic Sailor

Ensemble
1950s (made)
Artist/Maker
Gautier-Languereau (designers)
Place of origin
France (made)

Doll's sailor ensemble consisting of a tunic, skirt and hat. The white cotton tunic is short-sleeved with blue and white striped cuffs and sailor's collar. The stripes are made with applied strips of cotton. The tunic fastens below the collar using a hook and eye which is hidden behind a navy blue nylon bow. The pleated cotton skirt fastens at the side with a hook and eye. The sailor-style cap has a nylon band and a cotton crown.

Object details

Categories
Fashion
Dolls
Object type
Ensemble
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Tunic
  • Skirt
  • Hat
TitleAtlantic Sailor (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Cotton, nylon, metal
Cotton (Textile)
Nylon
Machine Stitching
Brief description
Doll's sailor outfit, 'Atlantic Sailor', for Bleuette, early 1950s
Physical description
Doll's sailor ensemble consisting of a tunic, skirt and hat. The white cotton tunic is short-sleeved with blue and white striped cuffs and sailor's collar. The stripes are made with applied strips of cotton. The tunic fastens below the collar using a hook and eye which is hidden behind a navy blue nylon bow. The pleated cotton skirt fastens at the side with a hook and eye. The sailor-style cap has a nylon band and a cotton crown.
Dimensions
  • B.157 3 2017 hat height height: 30mm
  • B.157 3 2017 hat diameter diameter: 85mm
  • B.157 1 2017 tunic measured flat height: 97mm
  • B.157 1 2017 tunic measured flat width: 170mm
  • B.157 1 2017 tunic measured flat depth: 10mm
  • B.157 2 2017 skirt measured flat height: 102mm
  • B.157 2 2017 skirt measured flat width: 175mm
  • B.157 2 2017 skirt measured flat depth: 10mm
Gallery label
(01/07/2023)
Fashion and action

People wear different clothes for different occasions, and so do our dolls.

These two sailors have lots of different outfits to choose from. One of them was originally designed for a boy and the other for a girl, but if you think about it, they aren’t that different.

[Young V&A, Imagine Gallery, Small Worlds, group object label]
Credit line
Given by Mrs Nike de Bellaigue
Object history
Given to the Museum by Nike de Bellaigue [2016/949]
Subject depicted
Sailor Suits
Collection
Young V&A Collection
Accession number
B.157:1-2017

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Record createdMarch 23, 2018
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1436271/atlantic-sailor-ensemble-gautier-languereau/
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