Dress of navy blue print silk with repeat pattern of abstract soldiers, British flags, and politically charged symbols
- Title
- Dress of navy blue print silk with repeat pattern of abstract soldiers, British flags, and politically charged symbols
- LC Subject
- main garments
- Description
- a) Dress of navy blue print silk with repeat pattern of abstract soldiers, British flags, and politically charged symbols in pinks, chartreuse, blue, and light grey; bateau neckline; short, puffy sleeves are cut in one with yoke; stitched, horizontal tucks of yoke release fullness at the top of the sleeves; sleeves have two reverse pleats at the sleeve hem, one at front and one at back; mid-length skirt has four sunburst pleated godets, two at front and two at back, at knee level; unlined b) Belt of self-fabric is double-faced and stitched in horizontal stripes; self-silk covered buckle.
- Provenance
- Donated by an unnamed Oregon State College English student.
- Motif
- Political/war imagery print
- Work Type
- dresses (garments)
- Location
- United Kingdom
- Date
- 1930/1939
- Identifier
- 1900.016.001
- Rights
- In Copyright
- License
- Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Material
- Silk
- Technique
- Sunburst pleated godets Puffed sleeves Release tucks
- Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Primary Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Institution
- Oregon State University
- Note
- Record says dress is from 1936. Record also says the donor, an English student from OSC, wore the dress during the Coronation of George VI.
