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Description: | blouse and skirt; white cotton batik printed in royal blue, tan and lime green; divided in half lengthways, one half with alternate rectangles printed with 1. in centre, open parasol with cover of panels of square mesh outlined with two rows of dots on blue, fancy fringed edge, ferrule and hooked handle with wavy bands of blue on white, two cords each ending in a tassel, in corners crossed closed parasols with similar covers and spotted hooked handles with short tassels all on blue ground, and 2. rows of blue double scrolls, one reversed above another linked by wavy lines, over similar double scrolls in tan and green on white ground; the other half printed with 1. pairs of detached hands in white with blue veins, side edges with detached fingers, blue ground, and 2. broken lattice of scalloped shapes rather like jelly babies, in blue, white highlights, on white with similar shapes in tan and green; misregistration of colours probably intentional, /1. Blouse; hip length; front with curved yoke cut with V neck and point at bottom edge; one front gathered to yoke from centre to side fronts where slope away to side seams which are partially open at top; similar back
sleeves: short; each of one rectangular piece with one long side stitched to yoke, and short sides to slopes of front
lining: calico behind yoke; white cotton muslin in rest
fastening: none
/2. Skirt; skirt made using width of cotton from waist to hem; long; one piece with tucks at sides giving the appearance of one front and two backs; underlap; seam close to right side tuck at back, stitched to upper thigh level where one half of the pattern stops, open thereafter; deep boxpleat at left front stitched down to upper thigh level; side tucks so shaped that skirt would fit smoothly over hips and flare below; top edges folded over elastic tape to form waistband, so stitched that front and back are smooth and the gathers are at sides
lining: white cotton muslin
label: printed on selvedges ‘Veritable Real Wax Hitarget 81806’,
Accession number: NCMG 2007-60/1-2 | Temporal: | 2006 | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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