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Description: | nylon or polyester jersey printed with large and small five petal flowers in orange, white and cream with stamens of cream, white and green, curving stems and heart shaped leaves in green, dark brown ground; machine embroidered (Schiffli) white cotton lace of loops; floor length with long sleeves which are split and edged with white loops; homemade, bodice: two fronts, each shaped one waist dart, high neck with placket to half way down centre front; two backs, each shaped one shoulder and one waist dart, high neck
sleeves: two piece; one seam in line with shoulder seam and open below upper arm; opening edged with machine embroidered lace
skirt: long; one flared front, two flared backs; eased to waist; narrow hem
lining: neck and centre front opening faced, latter interlined with iron-on Vilene
fastening: centre back, hook and worked bar, YKK brown nylon zip, made by donor. Louise Dyer was born in Jamaica in 1941 and came to England in 1957. She worked as a ward sister at Saxondale Hospital from 1979 to 1986 [her uniform NCM 1998-75/1-3]. This dress and other items [NCMG 2006-19 – 30 and NAS 10,013] are part of a collection formed by her of typical items used by the first and second waves of immigrants from Jamaica. They were previously displayed at the Afro Caribbean Family and Friends Centre, Beaconsfield Street as part of the Broxtowe Memory Lane Project in October 2004.
Accession number: NCMG 2006-29 | Subjects: | printed textiles costume (women's) | Temporal: | 1970-1975 | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Creator: | Saxondale | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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