Accession No

1978.136 B


Description

Small woman's or child's short sleeved button down shirt, made of handloom cotton, white with stripes of white yellow and blue, top half with horizontal stripes, sleeves and bottom half with vertical stripes. Tab collar. Buttons small round and pearlescent white, probably plastic.


Place

Asia; South Asia; India; Maharashtra; Mumbai


Period


Source

Swallow, Deborah Anne (Professor) [field collector and donor]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

1978.136 B


Cultural Affliation


Material

Cloth; Cotton; ?Shell; ?Plastic


Local Term


Measurements

640mm x 614mm


Events

Description ()
Label found with B reads: 'Indian cotton shirt for export to the USA in [sic] Bombay, India from handloom cloth.'

Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Description for 1978.136 A-E: Set of five women's shirts made by Paville Fashions Pvt Limited for export to the USA. Four from handloom cloth produced in Tamilnad and Kerala, and one from mill cloth made in India from Egyptian cotton. All of the shirts are in relatively classic style, and are intended to compete in the US market with domestically produced shirts.

Event Date 1978
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
B is mainly white with thick yellow stripes and thing blue stripes intersecting at wide intervals.
Event Date 2/9/2004
Author: Stephanie Chinneck


Conservation (Repack)
CON.2015.291 | Repack
Event Date 22/3/2024
Author: Stephanie Chinneck


Description (Physical description)
Small woman's or child's short sleeved button down shirt, made of handloom cotton, white with stripes of white yellow and blue, top half with horizontal stripes, sleeves and bottom half with vertical stripes. Tab collar. Buttons small round and pearlescent white, probably plastic.
Event Date 25/3/2024
Author: Stephanie Chinneck


FM:311086

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