1927 Red checked dress

1927 Red checked dress
Date	1925-1928
Category	Women
Item	Dress
Fabric	Rayon georgette, woven pattern
Decoration	Buckle
Wearer	-
Maker	-
Acc. no.	HC.D-7.74-3

1925-1928 A dress in red rayon georgette

The back of the dress
Detail of the front showing the buckkle clasps
Detail of the fabric
Detail of the lining

Description

The red georgette has checks in a satin weave, of vertical blue broken stripes overlaid by yellow broken stripes as window-pane checks; narrow dark brown double stripes form wider checks between them. Early rayon fabrics were sometimes not very stable and tend to disintegrate, and this dress has many little holes, some of which have been recently mended.

The bodice and skirt are lined with silk which has a woven design of figurative motifs spaced over it; it may have been dyed a brick colour to go with the dress, as the colour is patchy. The neck edge bound with this silk, and there are no openings in the front, back or sides.

The front panel is gathered for 2" into the side seams at the dropped waist, and into 1" each side of brass buckle clasps, 2½" wide and 1⅛" high, at the centre front, which are only decorative.

The sleeves are unlined and the ends are gathered into a ¼" wide self binding, which forms a bow on the left sleeve and is missing on the right; there are press fasteners 2" apart on each cuff.

The front and back skirts are each formed of a square with rounded corners; the centres have circles cut out, whose edges are seamed to bodice, flat in the front and back, and slightly gathered into waist seam at sides. There are seams at the sides, and the hem is overlocked.