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suit, woman's

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  • Description

    woman's suit comprising a jacket and skirt both in cream wool fabric trimmed with flat cream cordwork.

    (.1) The jacket collarless and with straight-cut centre front opening with no fastenings; long sleeves with no cuffs; hip-length; all edges finished with five adjacent rows of flat cream (silk) cord; the only other decoration being a flamboyant cordwork flourish extending from the proper left shoulder, down proper left sleeve and across centre front to lower proper right; with three padded cordwork 'buttons' to upper proper left sleeve; the jacket fully lined in cream silk.

    (.2) The skirt fitted to hips, with a little fullness below created by two widely spaced tucks sewn down to knee level; no waistband; the waist edge defined with seven adjacent rows of flat cream (silk) cord; with five rows of same around hipline; with short plastic zipper to upper centre back and metal hook/eye fastening to uppermost centre back; fully-lined in cream silk; cord hanging tapes sewn into each side at waist seam.

  • Place
  • Accession Number
    1998.6.1
  • Accession Date
    03 Mar 1998
  • Department

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