Blouse
Robinson and Cleaver
Category
Costume
Date
1900 - 1910
Materials
Cotton lawn, whitework embroidery, hooks, mother-of-pearl buttons.
Measurements
650 x 340 mm
Place of origin
Belfast
Collection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 603702
Summary
A woman's blouse made from white cotton lawn. The long-sleeved blouse has a high collar and buttoned cuff, both decorated with lines of pintucking, with floral whitework embroidery on the front facings from neck to hem. There is a vertical line of pintucks on the blouse back from neck to waist, with an integral cotton waist tie. The blouse is unlined and fastens centre front with two brass hooks on the collar and three mother-of-pearl buttons, intact. A maker's label stitched to an inner seam reads, "Robinson and Cleaver, Ltd. Makers. Belfast and London".
Provenance
Gift of McDonald-Tyler
Marks and inscriptions
Inner front facings, bottom left front.: A maker's label stitched to an inner seam reads, "Robinson and Cleaver, Ltd. Makers. Belfast and London". See associated photograph for further details.
Makers and roles
Robinson and Cleaver, maker