Dress; Belt

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Sidney Museum and Archives

Name/Title

Dress; Belt

Entry/Object ID

2017.001.002 a-b

Description

a)Machine-knitted Sheath-style dress with three-quarter sleeves b) matching knitted cord waist tie, knitted on a [home] knitting machine from synthetic deep olive green yarn which is tightly twisted and composed of two yarns of different weights. Machine knitted in two pieces and joined at sides and shoulders. Dress has heavily-textured, all-over pattern based on diamonds and vertical eyelet-type holes, in stockinette [stocking] stitch, with the reverse side of the knitting being used as the public side. Neckline has shallow openwork lace-type yoke created to look like crochet, front and back. Boat neckline. Three-quarter sleeves sewn into armhole and are slightly gathered to an openwork cuff similar to yoke, creating a slight puffed effect. Hem edge finished with an eyelet-and-reverse crochet-type [crab stitch] edging. Stockinette stitch i-cord waist tie.

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Fallot, Barbara

Notes

Accession Date: 15-Jan-17 Mode of Acquisition: Gift

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

dress; belt

Class

Personal Objects - Clothing - Main Garments

Created By

Jones, Isabel

Create Date

January 15, 2017

Updated By

[email protected]

Update Date

May 30, 2025