DRESS AND HAT, Emu Leather
H1988.366.a-b
Dress and Hat set.
[.a] Red leather hat matches dress. Pillbox, layered leather with a blue emu leg-skin going across top and extending the length of hat and beyond the brim. Hat elastic sewn into the lining. Lined in white synthetic. Straw stiffener used to mould hat.
[.b] Red leather dress with blue emu leg-skin inserts on the sleeves, diagonally across the top front of dress, and on opposing V-panels on the centre front and back. Back slit opening to 50 cm with button and loop at round neck. Long sleeves with padded shoulders, dress is mid-calf length, straight to knee, with a modified "fish-tail" lower skirt. Dress is lined in red synthetic. Leather label at back "KALAYA/ Dreske-Somoff/ AUSTRALIA/10".
Department:
History DepartmentCollection
| Accession Number: | H1988.366.a-b |
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| Accession Date: | 17 May 1988 |
Material
| Elastic/Textile | 0 - Whole |
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| Synthetic/Textile | 0 - Whole |
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| Leather/Leather | 0 - Whole |
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| Skin | 0 - Whole |
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Measurement
| length | 1220mm |
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| width | 500mm | b |
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| diameter | 200mm |
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| height | 70mm | a |
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