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Child's Bed-Jacket

about 1930 (made)

Child's bed-jacket, crocheted in cream wool with the borders delineated in ivory floss silk. The jacket has a rounded neck, and flared elbow-length magyar sleeves with open edges beneath the arm; and is flared in shape using a lacy pattern in curving lines. The borders of the garment are worked in large flat rosettes of wool, and the fastening originally consisted of tying strings of white ribbon at the neck.

Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Crocheted cream wool and floss silk
Brief description
Child's bed-jacket; French, about 1930
Physical description
Child's bed-jacket, crocheted in cream wool with the borders delineated in ivory floss silk. The jacket has a rounded neck, and flared elbow-length magyar sleeves with open edges beneath the arm; and is flared in shape using a lacy pattern in curving lines. The borders of the garment are worked in large flat rosettes of wool, and the fastening originally consisted of tying strings of white ribbon at the neck.
DimensionsHeight: L (cbk) 34.5cm
Object history
References:


Worn by Huguette Joris-Morize (b.1926) and her younger sister Marie-Claude (b.1932) (the donor), who lived in Paris. They are the children of Alice Morize (b. 1900) and her husband M. Joris (whose family came from the Ardennes region, but were originally Belgian).
Production
France
Collection
Accession number
B.114-1993

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Record createdApril 19, 2000
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