1988.48.4.01

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Details

ID Number

1988.48.4.01

Category

Personal Artifacts

Sub-category

clothing - outerwear

Item Name

blouse

Materials

TEXTILE, LINEN

Description

Blouse of a 2-piece suit (skirt: 988.48.4.02); white linen, long sleeves gathered at shoulder, cuffs with 2 buttons and 8 tucks on each; 8 ivory buttons and buttonholes at front; 3 vertical tucks on each side of front opening; white cotton, crocheted lace at back neck and front yoke; cotton twill tape ties at back waistline; 16 vertical tucks from front yoke; French seams, machine sewn.

History

On paper pinned to blouse when donated: "White linen skirt and separate blouse with Irish crochet lace. This also was Mrs. Bowlby's found in the attic - Skirts at the turn of the century were real dust catchers if not eye catchers."

Collection Name

Museum Windsor

Subject (Fre)

Y

Subjects

Bowlby, M. person

Costume / Costumes subject

Irish / Irlandais subject

Textiles subject

Women / Femmes subject