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Ensemble

1952-1954 (made)
Artist/Maker
Gautier-Languereau (designers)
Place of origin
France (made)

Doll's summer ensemble consisting of a matching striped shirt and short dungarees of printed white cotton jersey. The stripes are coloured red, blue, green and yellow.

Object details

Categories
Fashion
Dolls
Object type
Ensemble
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Shirt
  • Dungarees
Materials and techniques
Printed cotton jersey
Cotton (Textile)
Printing
Machine Stitching
Brief description
Doll's matching striped shirt and shorts, for Bleuette, 1952-1956
Physical description
Doll's summer ensemble consisting of a matching striped shirt and short dungarees of printed white cotton jersey. The stripes are coloured red, blue, green and yellow.
Dimensions
  • B.160 1 2017 shirt height: 125mm (laid flat)
  • B.160 1 2017 shirt width: 200mm (laid flat)
  • B.160 1 2017 shirt depth: 7mm (laid flat)
  • B.160 2 2017 dungarees height: 150mm (laid flat)
  • B.160 2 2017 width: 130mm (laid flat)
  • B.160 2 2017 dungarees depth: 6mm (laid flat)
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]
Collection
Young V&A Collection
Accession number
B.160:1, 2-2017

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Record createdMarch 23, 2018
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1436281/ensemble-gautier-languereau/
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