dress, woman's

human history

woman's day dress with matching belt:

(1) The dress in cornflower blue wool crepe featuring wing-style collar; long sleeves with slit opening to sleeve-edge fastened with metal hook and sewn eye fastening; the upper cf with slit to waist behind which is a modesty panel of same fabric secured to underside of upper with two dome fasteners, the 'slit' secured at the top with two blue plastic buttons joined with a cotton cord acting as a 'cloak clasp'; the skirt featuring a single inverted pleat to cf; straight darts for fitting radiating above and below waist seam of f and b; main decorative feature of garment comprises inserted panels of identical fabric featuring evenly spaced horizontal 'stripes' each comprised of three rows of machine-rendered drawn thread work sewn with a grey thread; unlined; most seams left unfinished; predominantly machine-sewn; metal zipper fastening to proper lhs seam

(.2) Matching belt of same fabric in form of a flat unlined strap terminating in horseshoe-shaped buckle to one end and three blue eyelets on the other; the buckle backed with heavy cream paper

Nama tāpiringa: 1999.70.3 Whakahounga o Mua: 27 Jul 2017
Ingoa Kē

outfit, woman's

Accession Number

1999.70.3

Rā Tāpiringa

31 May 1999

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