Not on display

Dress

1957 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Horrockses were famous for their full-skirted summer dresses in boldly patterned, floral printed cottons. Designs with roses were particularly popular. Horrockses dresses were sold in department stores and boutiques throughout Britian: Mrs. Spencer bought this dress in Cambridge.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Printed cotton
Brief description
Printed cotton dress, made by Horrockses Fashions, London, 1957
Physical description
Printed cotton summer dress.
Dimensions
  • Weight: 1.18kg
Production typeMass produced
Gallery label
(1997)
Horrockses were famous for their full-skirted summer dresses in boldly patterned, floral printed cottons. Designs with roses were particularly popular. Horrockses dresses were sold in department stores and boutiques throughout Britian: Mrs. Spencer bought this dress in Cambridge.
Credit line
Worn and given by Mrs Pamela M. Spencer
Summary
Horrockses were famous for their full-skirted summer dresses in boldly patterned, floral printed cottons. Designs with roses were particularly popular. Horrockses dresses were sold in department stores and boutiques throughout Britian: Mrs. Spencer bought this dress in Cambridge.
Bibliographic reference
Christine Bodyell, Horrockses' Fashions: Off-the-Peg Style in the '40s and '50s (London: V&A Publishing, 2010), p.162, pl. 4.21
Collection
Accession number
T.673-1996

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Record createdAugust 27, 2003
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