blouse

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Object Type
Museum number: Eu2006,0310.10
Description: A woman's blouse, every day wear. Raglan-sleeved; embroidered, and made from natural cream tabby cotton cloth (cheesecloth). Smocking draws in fabric to make rounded neckline, finished with blanket stitch, embroidered in red cotton thread. Below neck opening a double vertical line of embroidered flower buds (?), framed by wider vertical panels with linked floral motifs. Fastened with red plied cotton ties with tassel at end. Rectangular embroidered panel on upper sleeve and vertical panel on outer sleeve; embroidered in same patterning and with same materials as bodice. Back has three lines of four 'X' motifs (crosses). All seams joined with openwork stitch (faggoting). A little staining.
Production date: 1970s
Production place: Made in: Romania
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Bucharest (city) (The airport)
Materials
Technique: plain weave; embroidered; smocked
Dimensions: Length: 150 centimetres; Width: 61 centimetres
Location: Not on display
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 2006
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: Eu2006,0310.10
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: 6 (Number given in list of objects provided by donor.)

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