Child's pinafore
Category
Costume
Date
circa 1920 - circa 1939
Materials
Cotton
Measurements
570 mm (length)
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 670765
Summary
A child's 1920s or 1930s cream-beige cotton pinafore. The dress is quite wide and has short sleeves. Around the collar and the ends of the sleeves are a row of embroidered blue spots. Under the collar are embroidered flowers, in light and dark blue and yellow. They are surrounded with green leaves. The skirt has two pockets, with more flowers embroidered onto them and a row of blue spots at the top. The dress opens at the back all the way to the bottom. The bodice fastens closed with three mother of pearl buttons.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Miss M. L. Avery in September 1983.