Summary
Skirt - Grey wool, Circa 1930. Worn by a patient in a mental health hospital in Victoria Australia
Physical Description
Gathered skirt of grey wool with white calico waist-band. Hand-machined and partly hand-sewn in black, white and brown cotton. Skirt has a short slit from the waist with very long ties made from white calico, very roughly hemmed (and fraying) which are attached to waistband each side of opening.
Significance
Example of clothing worn by patients in a psychiatric hospital in Victoria Australia
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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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
78 cm (Length), 69 cm (Height)
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References
Deduction from quality of garment and oral history.
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Keywords
Clothing, Hospitals, Psychiatric Hospitals, Making History - Psych Services
