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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