BLOUSE

Description: SHORT, BLACK, LADIES BLOUSE. HAS ROWS OF HORIZONTAL BLACK TRIM ON IT. IN BETWEEN SOME OF THE HORIZONTAL STRIPES IS THE TRIM IN A LOOPY PATTERN, WHICH IS ALSO BLACK. LEFT BREAST HAS A SMALL WELT POCKET ON IT. HAS SHORT, CAPPED SLEEVES. FRONT OF BLOUSE IS OPEN; CLOSES WITH BUTTONS (MADE OF METAL SPHERES COVERED WITH BLACK MATERIAL) AND LOOPS OF MATERIAL FOR BUTTON HOLES - SOME BUTTONS ARE MISSING. PINNED WITH 2 BRASS SAFETY PINS ON RIGHT SIDE OF FRONT OPENING IS A JABOT - A WHITE LACE CRAVAT. BLOUSE HAS A COLLAR WHICH IS SPLIT, AND OVERLAPS IN THE BACK. HAS LOOSE THREADS THROUGHOUT.

History: DONOR IS A HIGH SCHOOL PHYS. ED. TEACHER. SHE DID DRAMA IN SCHOOLS AND LOCAL THEATRE, AND ENTIRE COLLECTION WAS GIVEN TO HER BY LOCAL PEOPLE. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON DONOR GAIL HOLLAND’S ACQUISITION, STEWARDSHIP AND GENERAL USE OF HER 1999-DONATED COLLECTION PLEASE REFER TO RECORD P19990053001. ***UPDATE: ARTIFACT INSIGHT BELOW SUBMITTED BY DONOR AND COLLECTIONS VOLUNTEER GAIL HOLLAND ON 19 APRIL 2011. “LADIES BLOUSE SERVED AS A POSSIBLE REFERENCE FOR PERIOD PIECE WOMEN’S CLOTHING ESPECIALLY FOR CREATING LARGER SIZES REQUIRED FOR CURRENT ACTORS.”