GARMENT LABELS, ROLL OF, 'mar-line/cloth...a Bentex product', wool, cut-off for sewing into garment

H2013.90

Roll of pale pink, satin finished ribbon with 'THIS IS A GENUINE/Marl-line /CLOTH/GUARANTEED 100%/PURE MERINO WOOL/A BENTEX PRODUCT' printed in blue and red. The end, is cut diagonally across. The printed material is duplicated to enable a section to be cut off and sewn into a garment.

Department: 

History Department

Collection

History Collection

Collection Item Data

Accession Number: H2013.90
Accession Date: 11 Sep 2014
Acquisition Year: 2013

Material

Material

Ribbon is printed 'PURE MERINO WOOL". However this may refer to the garment the tag would have been sewn onto. From feel and appearance, it may in fact be silk.

0 - Whole

Measurement

width50mm
circumference11cm

 


 

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