CRAVAT

Description: IVORY NETTING. EDGES ARE SCALLOPED. MATERIAL IS GATHERED TOGETHER IN THE CENTER. BOTTOM HALF OF MATERIAL, AT EACH END, IS EMBROIDERED WITH AN INTRICATE PATTERN. PATTERN INCLUDES TWO FLOWERS W/LEAVES, A SLIGHTLY SMALLER FLOWER SURROUNDED BY 6 EVEN SMALLER FLOWERS. THERE IS ALSO SOME MINOR EMBROIDERING ON TOP HALF OF PIECE (TINY FLOWERS AND DOTS). ALL EMBROIDERY IS IVORY COLOURED.

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. “CRAVAT SERVED AS A POSSIBLE REFERENCE FOR PERIOD PIECE REPRODUCTION OF FEMALE NECKWEAR WORN BY A MORE MATURE WOMAN.”