NOLMS:2021.010.005

Long-sleeved, straight shift dress in a knitted jacquard fabric with vertical stripes in blue, teal and brown. The dress has a wide, round neckline and is interfaced, and faced with the same fabric. The facing is stitched to the dress at the front and shoulders only. There is a back seam, but no back opening. The sleeves are full and have a round head and six pleats into a cuff at the wrist. Here the stripes run horiztonally. The cuffs have no opening or fastening. The dress has darts at the bust but no other shaping, and is completely straight from underarm to hem. There is a deep, hand-stitched hem. DIMENSIONS: L: 890mm, Bust: 5400mm

NOLMS:2021.010.005

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Margaret Lawtey

c1970s