Romper suit
Mamas and Papas
Category
Childcare objects
Date
2007
Materials
Polycotton, cotton and nylon
Measurements
370 mm (length); 465 mm (width)
Place of origin
Colne Bridge Road, Huddersfield
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 663183
Summary
An outfit for a newborn baby (up to 4.5kg, 10lbs, according to the label) comprising an all-in-one romper suit with a separate dress over the top. The cotton jersey romper suit is made in the manner of a babygro - it has long sleeves and legs with press studs all down the back and between the legs. It is cream, has a collar, and has an all-over pattern in brown of leaves and acorns and, with an appliquéd 'Mamas and Papas' label on the left leg, a three-dimensional embroidered acorn. The sleeveless dress is light brown polycotton and nylon with a frill of the same fabric at the hem and a 'smocked' area at the top of the front created by stitching in elastic. At each side is a pocket with a top flap held down with a flower-shaped plastic button. There are similar buttons on the back where is it fastened all the way down. On the front is a flower design embroidered in cream and brown which has two embroidered flowers only attached by their centres. Total number of items is 2.
Makers and roles
Mamas and Papas , maker