Blouse

Maker & role
Unknown, Maker
 Production date
1910-1915
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Object detail

Production place
Europe
Collection
Rouse Hill Estate
Measurements
0 - Whole, H: 46 x W: 31.5cm (H: 460 x W: 315mm); shoulder, L: 11.5cm (L: 115mm); neck, Circ: 31.5cm (Circ: 315mm); bust, Circ: 112cm (Circ: 1120mm); sleeve, L: 52cm (L: 520mm); cuff, Circ: 18cm (Circ: 180mm); back length, L: 45cm (L: 450mm)
Production notes
Professionally made.
Credit line
Gift, NSW Department of Planning and Environment, 1987
Rouse Hill Estate Collection, Museums of History New South Wales
Rouse Hill Estate Collection, Museums of History New South Wales
Description
The stylish cream silk blouse may have been worn by Kathleen Rouse (1878-1932) and dates from about 1910-1915. It is professionally made by machine and has a European size '34' label inside suggesting it may have been bought on one of her trips. The high stand collar is stiffened by two overstitched bones, possibly whalebone, and has a narrow fall decorated with faggotting. The blouse opens down the front fastening with thirteen mother of pearl buttons. At each side are vertical rows of faggotting trimmed with four matching buttons. From the shoulder yoke falls a loose sleeve with a pointed cuff fastening with 2 large buttons joined as cuff links.
Accession number
R95/43

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