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Description: | Woman's blouse. Cut from straight pieces of material gathered in at the neck. Fewer decorative designs on the chest and at the back, though the sleeves are richly embroidered and may be divided into three distinct parts: a) “altita” or part of the shoulder, composed of several compact rows of embroidery outlined in gold thread, b) the smock, beneath the “altita”, which divides the latter from c) the sleeve part which runs all down the sleeve. Polychrome geometrical designs and simplified floral designs. (Homespun flax and cotton threads). Length of back 560mm, length of sleeve 670mm.
caption: Frontal view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 1957.273
caption: Rear view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 1957.273 | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | blouses | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-44837 | Go to resource |
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