Smock-Dress
1987 (made)
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Little girl's smock dress of ivory cotton, with a round neck and raglan puffed sleeves. The fullness of the dress falls from the neck and is smocked in stem, cable and chevron stitches in pink and teal blue, with pink satin baby ribbon threaded through the bottom rows. The lace-edged sleeves are similarly smocked and ribbon threaded. The dress fastens at the back with a button and stitched loop at the neck, and a press stud below that; and the ends of the ribbon threaded through the neck smocking tie across the back.
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Materials and techniques | Cotton, smocked and ribbon-threaded |
Brief description | Girl's smock-dress, Martha Pullen, American, 1987 |
Physical description | Little girl's smock dress of ivory cotton, with a round neck and raglan puffed sleeves. The fullness of the dress falls from the neck and is smocked in stem, cable and chevron stitches in pink and teal blue, with pink satin baby ribbon threaded through the bottom rows. The lace-edged sleeves are similarly smocked and ribbon threaded. The dress fastens at the back with a button and stitched loop at the neck, and a press stud below that; and the ends of the ribbon threaded through the neck smocking tie across the back. |
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Credit line | Given by the designer |
Object history | Possibly photographed at Museum of Childhood for feature in the Martha Pullen Company Inc's "Sew Beautiful" magazine, notably for Christmas 1988. |
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Accession number | MISC.629-1988 |
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Record created | March 27, 2008 |
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