Dress
Maker
Sargood Son & Ewen Ltd.
Current rights
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Object detail
Description
A short-sleeved rayon day dress with cuffs and a soft open collar and three round flat black plastic buttons. At the centre front of the skirt a pleat is stitched down and at pleat the hemline there is a hand-stitched X to hold pleat flat before purchase. The fabric has a black background with red, yellow, green, purple abstract patterns. There is a metal zip concealed in the left side seam and a self-covered belt. The shoulder pleats run to the waist gathers. 'Sarlita' label.
This dress is thought to be new old stock which came from Hartley's Drapery, a well known store which operated on The Strand, Tauranga.
This dress is thought to be new old stock which came from Hartley's Drapery, a well known store which operated on The Strand, Tauranga.
Maker
Sargood Son & Ewen Ltd.
Production place
New Zealand
Measurements
Centre back to hem - 1180mm
Belt - 790mm (length), 20mm (width)
Belt - 790mm (length), 20mm (width)
Accession number
0225/03
Current rights