Art and Heritage Online Database

Collection: Bill Gibb Pattern Collection
Object Type: Dress Design Pattern
Artist/Maker: Gibb, Bill
Date: 1986
Media/Materials: ink and pencil on paper
Dimensions: overall: 38 cm x 25 cm

Description:

HANDLE WITH CARE - contains SEWING PINS.

13 design pattern pieces on tracing paper in a brown envelope.
Bill Gibb black and white A4 reproduction of the dress attached to the front of the envelope.
Patterns marked: Size 10 - front/back skirt, Size 12 - back inner skirt, rose bub (?) (2D/135), centre petals (2D/135), petals (x2) (2D/135), c.f. bodice (2D/135), side bodice (2D/135), left front basque (2D/135), right front basque (2D/135), strap, right bodice (2D/135) (this pattern piece has attached pins and turquoise fabric strip), left bodice (2D/135) (this pattern piece has attached pins and turquoise fabric strip).
Envelope marked: 2D/135
A4 reproduction marked: Spring/Summer '86; 2D/135
Additional pencil drawing of fabric detail.

(See also ABDRG2011.262.29)

Object Number: ABDRG2011.262.28