Dress – maternity

Maker
Unknown Maker
Production date
Circa 1910
 Description
Ladies full-length lined cotton gabardine tea gown / maternity dress which buttons down the centre front. The garment is made of a rich salmon-pink coloured cotton with cream lace trim at the sleeves, frill and collar. Label on the inside neck reads "Lock S & S Stitch For Fit and Finish". The dress has a mandarin collar, pleated yoke with a gathered frill and a puff sleeve with a gathered frill at ends. The back has gathered pleats. This dress was worn by Edith Gillett, great-grandmother of Raewyn Sing and Heather Major (sisters).
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Object detail

Maker
Production date
Circa 1910
Media/Materials
Cotton gabardine
Measurements
Length 1509 mm (from collar top to bottom edge)
Production place
Unknown
Collection
Social History
Department collection type
Social History
Credit line
Gift of Gillet Family,
Collection of Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato
Accession number
2010/36/1

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