20th century
White shirt with a V neck tied with strings and heavy embroidery on the front the shoulders and around the cuffs. A panel of drawn thread work runs down the sleeves. The embroidery features geometric patterns. The cuffs are embroidered (drawn thread) and feature crochet panels. The embroidery is predominantly black red yellow and blue.
TRC 2022.0415
Shirt
Textile Research Centre
Cotton
Handwoven cloth hand embroidered (satin stitch bouclée smocking drawn thread) seam fagotting crochet