Dress; Stole

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Sidney Museum and Archives

Name/Title

Dress; Stole

Entry/Object ID

2017.001.003 a-b

Description

a) Sheath-style dress with three-quarter sleeves, and b) matching modified equilateral triangle stole, knitted on a [home] knitting machine from fine synthetic sage yarn. Machine knitted in two pieces and joined at sides and shoulders. Dress and stole have an all-over diamond diaper pattern, in stockinette [stocking] stitch, with the reverse side of the knitting being used as the public side. The vertical rows of diamonds alternate between having a centre filled with a diamond composed of four small diamonds and a centre filled with one small diamond. Shallow scoop neckline, lower in front than back. Three-quarter sleeves attached to armhole with a large fagotting stitch. Lower edges of sleeves and hem finished with an eyelet-and-reverse crochet-type [crab stitch] edging. Two side of the stole are finished with the fagotting stitch and the two extended ends are finished with eyelet stich through which is knotted matching short yarn fringe.

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Fallot, Barbara

Notes

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

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

dress; stole

Class

Personal Objects - Clothing - Main Garments

Created By

Jones, Isabel

Create Date

January 15, 2017

Updated By

[email protected]

Update Date

May 30, 2025