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Bodice

BUCKLEY & NUNN LTD, Melbourne (manufacturer and retailer)
Bodice
 (c. 1900)

Medium
silk (satin)

Measurements
47.0 cm (centre back) 64.0 cm (sleeve length)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Miss Dorothy Francis, 1965

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
(Melbourne), (Victoria)

Inscription
label, inside centre back waistband, embossed in brown on brown silk waistband: Buckley & Nunn / PARIS (…illeg.) MELBOURNE

Accession Number
1349-D5

Department
Australian Fashion and Textiles

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