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Ensemble

1949-1950 (made)
Artist/Maker
Gautier-Languereau (designers)
Place of origin
France (made)

Doll's ensemble consisting of a shirt-waisted dress and a bonnet, made from pale green cotton.

Object details

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

  • Dress
  • Bonnet
Materials and techniques
Cotton
Cotton (Textile)
Machine Stitching
Brief description
Doll's ensemble, green cotton, for Bleuette, 1940s
Physical description
Doll's ensemble consisting of a shirt-waisted dress and a bonnet, made from pale green cotton.
Dimensions
  • B.172 1 2017 dress height: 175mm (laid fat)
  • B.172 1 2017 dress width: 160mm (laid flat)
  • B.172 1 2017 dress depth: 5mm (laid flat)
  • B.172 2 2017 bonnet height: 45mm
  • B.172 2 2017 bonnet diameter: 90mm
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]. This dress was the original dress given to Mrs. de Bellaigue for her Bleuette in 1951.
Collection
Young V&A Collection
Accession number
B.172:1, 2-2017

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Record createdMarch 23, 2018
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1436292/ensemble-gautier-languereau/
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