Accession No

1978.136 E


Description

Woman's long sleeved button down shirt, light pink Egyptian cotton, with tab collar and double button cuffs, shape tapers to waist then expands out to hemline. Round small off white plastic buttons.


Place

Asia; South Asia; India; Maharashtra; Mumbai


Period


Source

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


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

1978.136 E


Cultural Affliation


Material

Cloth; Cotton; Plastic


Local Term


Measurements

670mm x 1270mm


Events

Description ()
Label found with A reads: 'India cotton shirt made for export to the USA in Bombay, India from handloom cotton.'
Label found with B reads: 'Indian cotton shirt for export to the USA in [sic] Bombay, India from handloom cloth.'
Label found with C reads: 'Indian cotton shirt for export to the USA made in B'bay from h'loom cloth.'
Label found with D reads: 'Indian cotton shirt for export to the USA made in B'bay from h'loom cloth.'
Label found with E reads: 'Indian made cotton shirt, from Egyptian cotton, Indian mill woven, for the US market.'
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)
A is shirt with buttons extending approximately half the length of the front and is multicoloured with blocks of stripes. B is mainly hite with thick yellow stripes and thing blue stripes intersecting at wide intervals. C is a light blue coloured shirt with buttons down the front. D is a white shirt with green stripes which buttons all the way down. E is a pink coloured, long sleeve shirt with buttons down the front.
Event Date 2/9/2004
Author: Stephanie Chinneck


Conservation (Repack)
CON.2015.281 | Repack
Event Date 22/3/2024
Author: Stephanie Chinneck


FM:311089

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