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Description: | This black silk maternity smock was worn by the donor's mother, Pamela Erith (1910-1987), when she was expecting her first child Rebeckah, born 24 June 1937.
Pamela Erith was married to the architect Raymond Erith, and was an architect herself before having children. He practiced in Bishopgate until 1939, and the family lived in West London.
The smock is labelled 'LILLA SMOCK SPECIALIST LONDON'. Lilla advertised in the back pages of Vogue during the 1920s and 30s, and their address was 7, Lower Grosvenor Place, Buckingham Palace Road, SW1. An advertisement from 21 September 1938 lists 'Handworked Smocks from 21/9'. The company also made children's smocks and housefrocks. Traditional smocking would have appealed to middle class families with artistic tastes. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Publisher: | Museum of London | Rights holder: | Museum of London | Subjects: | Home and Family | Temporal: | 1936-1937 | Source: | Museum of London | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Go to resource |
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