Blouse
Robinson and Cleaver
Category
Costume
Date
1890 - 1900
Materials
Silk twill, cotton tape, decorated glass buttons.
Measurements
590 x 440 mm
Place of origin
Belfast
Order this imageCollection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 602551
Summary
A woman's blouse made from cream silk twill. The long-sleeved, collarless blouse is undecorated except for gathering on the yoke and sleeveheads and a single box pleat centre back. Internally, the blouse is unlined and fastens centre front with four decorated glass buttons, intact and a cotton drawstring at the waist, also intact. A manufacturer's label stitched into the front facing seam reads, "Robinson & Cleaver Ltd. Makers. Belfast and London". A handwritten note inside the front facing seam reads, "Marr" and "1890"
Provenance
Gift of Marr
Marks and inscriptions
Inner front facings seam, left hand side front, hem.: A manufacturer's label stitched into the front facing seam reads, "Robinson & Cleaver Ltd. Makers. Belfast and London". See associated photograph for further details. Front facings seam, right hand side, bottom. : A handwritten note inside the front facing seam reads, "Marr" and "1890". See associated photograph for further details. Above manufacturers label, inner front facing, left.: A handwritten note inside the front facng seam above the manufacturing label reads, "Marr". See associated photograph for further details.
Makers and roles
Robinson and Cleaver, maker