Tag: extant
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UK and Denmark 2024
It’s way past time for some updates – it’s been a wild ride of a year! In this post I’ll recap some highlight of my trip to the UK and Denmark in March/April. Then coming up will be posts about my 1884 dress reconstruction for my Master of History degree, and the exciting news about…
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1900s Skirt
I finished this skirt a couple of months ago but it had its first outing yesterday. It is loosely inspired by the skirt of a matching bodice and skirt that I have documented and displayed at the Armidale Folk Museum. The original outfit is made of a pale green linen, with cream cotton lace. The…
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1918 Dress
A project from 2018, re-made 2019 The centenary of the Armistice that ended hostilities in the First World War was on November 11th, 2018. Our local Folk Museum mounted a commemorative display, Sorrow, Celebration and Social Change. My contribution to the display included a small curated selection from the museum’s collection showing the rapid changes…
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1830s morning jacket
We found this lovely cotton morning jacket in one of the last clothing boxes we opened to document at the museum. It’s a wonderful example of a garment a woman would wear at home in the morning, before dressing properly for leaving the house later in the day. We were particularly excited to find this…