Early 20th century
Long full skirt made from two lengths of black cloth sewn horizontally together. The waist is gathered into pleats. The lower hem is decorated with an embroidered band of geometric and abstract shapes in red blue green white and orange. The hem is further embellished with gold coloured sequins.
TRC 2023.1136a
Skirt
Textile Research Centre
Wool metal cotton
Hand woven (weft-faced plain weave) hand embroidered (stem sttitch double running stitch straight stitch buttonhole stitch) applied sequins