Long blouse composed of multiple pieces of off-white fabric sewn together. The shoulders and neck have pink, brown and yellow-green embroidery, embellished with metal thread and metal sequins. Below each shoulder are bands of yellow-green embroidery with geometric designs. Collar embroidered with a band of repeating diamonds. The neck opening has a short plaited tie on either side. The upper back is pleated. Tiny repeating floral embroidery extends down the length of the blouse - two lines in the front, and four on the back. The sleeves are silk and cinch at the cuff, where an elastic band is sewn inside. There are a few designs stitched along the seam below the left arm.

• Narrative

  Purchased by the donor's great-grandmother in 1906, at a large fair in Romania.

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• Type of Item blouse
• Culture Romanian
• Material cotton fibre, metal, silk fibre
• Measurements height 115.5 cm, width 157.5 cm, depth 1.5 cm (overall)

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• Previous Owner Matilda Noica, Ilinca Iurascu
• Received from Ilinca Iurascu

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• Made in Romania

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• Creation Date during 1906
• Ownership Date before November 23, 2018
• Acquisition Date on November 23, 2018

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• Item Classes textiles
• Condition good
• Accession Number 3331/0001