Blouse
Category
Costume
Date
1910 - 1920
Materials
Silk, crochet buttons, brass hook and eye fastenings, cotton tape.
Measurements
520 x 440 mm
Collection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 602677
Summary
A woman's blouse made from cream silk. The long-sleeved, square collar blouse is decorated with lines of pintucking on the bodice centre front from yoke to hem and is otherwise undecorated. Internally, the blouse is unlined and fastens with five cream crocheted buttons centre front and a further single matching crocheted button per cuff, all intact. There is also a drawstring on the waist for adjustment, intact. Handwritten on the front facing inner seam, left hand side, "Marr" and the date "1923". This is beside a scribbled out date of "1893".
Provenance
Gift of Marr
Marks and inscriptions
Inner front facing, left hand side.: Handwritten on the front facing seam, left hand side, "Marr" and the date "1923". This is beside a scribbled out date of "1893". See associated photograph for further details.