Baby's suit
Mamas and Papas
Category
Childcare objects
Date
2007
Materials
Cotton and polyester
Measurements
Trousers - 275 mm (length); 290 mm (width), Top - 255 mm (length); 540 mm (width)
Place of origin
Colne Bridge Road, Huddersfield
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 663182
Summary
A set of clothes for a newborn baby (up to 4.5kg, 10lbs, according to label) comprising a pair of trousers and a top. The trousers are pale blue and made from cotton fabric with a cotton lining and polyester wadding between. They are elasticated at the waist and have turn-ups of blue and white striped fabric. On the right leg is a pale blue pocket on a blue and white striped background. The top is mainly made from white fleecy fabric, with long sleeves made from blue and white striped fabric. It fastens all the way up the back with press studs and has a ribbed neckline. Appliquéd with blue and green on the front is a blue dog with a blue plastic button in one ear, a kennel and pawmarks embroidered in blue and green, and a white 'furry' bone embroidered in white and green. Total number of items is 2.
Makers and roles
Mamas and Papas , maker