Summary
Grey wool skirt, hand-stitched, circa 1940. Worn by a female patient(s) at a Victorian mental health hospital. May have been made by a patient.
Physical Description
Gathered skirt of grey wool with black and white striped cotton waist-band. Hand-stitched apart from top of waist-band. Opens by a short slit from the waist, which is tied fastened with white bias binding tapes on waist-band, each side of opening.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
Medicine & Health, Public Life & Institutions, Clothing & Textiles
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Office of Psychiatric Services, May 1985
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Place & Date Used
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Inscriptions
F2 smeared on in black grease-like substance on the back hemline.
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Classification
Medicine & health, Mental health - institutional life, Clothing
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Overall Dimensions
75 cm (Length), 75 cm (Height)
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References
Deduction from quality of garment and oral history.
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Keywords
Clothing, Occupational Therapy, Psychiatric Hospitals, Making History - Psych Services
