Black beaded decorative collar
Ladies black beaded decorative collar with long (24cm) bead fringes at back and ends. Short beaded lace frill around neck.
2011.47.13
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2011.47.14
Black dress from around the 1950s
Machine-sewen black knee-length dress with wrap-across top, self-fabric belt and shoulder pads. Embroidered with patches of brightly coloured flowers. Worn around the 1950s.
2011.47.15
Brown and black beaded cape
Brown and black-embroidered ladies heavy cape with frill and beaded collar.
2011.47.1
Ladies white cotton under-pants with buttoned back flap
Ladies white-cotton knickers with buttoned back flap and broderie-Anglaise detail on lower leg.
2011.47.2
Ladies white cotton bloomers with “Perfect Sitting” back flap
Pair of ladies white cotton bloomers with button and draw-string back flap, “Perfect Sitting” label and lace/broderie-anglaise frill around bottom of legs.
2011.47.3
Long white cotton short-sleaved nightdress
Ladies long white cotton nightdress with short sleeves ending in lace trim and lace trim around the v-shaped neck.
2011.47.4
lace night hat
Ladies night hat/cap made of yellow (or yellowed white) lace with pink satin ribbon trim.
2011.47.8
Ladies black straw hat
Ladies black straw hat with coloured fabric floral decoration and black face net (badly deteriorated). Probably worn at church ceremonies.
2011.43.1
Black bodice blouse
Black silk beaded and boned bodice blouse with lace collar and cuffs. For a small woman. Purpose made pale cotton/linen pouch sewn into the left armpit containing hard round lump of brown substance. This is probably a herbal remedy, possibly a wad of thrift roots which were used to treat `Barr a’ chinn` a condition usually in children in which they go listless after a fright/shock. Blouse belonged to Mary MacLean, Kenovay (Mairi Brady`s maternal grandmother) and worn around 1910.
2011.43.2
Long white nightdress
Full-length white cotton nightdress with broderie-Anglaise ruffle collar and cuffs, buttoned half-way down the front with a small ruffle. Worn by Felac (Flora) MacEachern (1874-1955), sister of John MacEachern, Cornaigbeg (Mairi Brady`s grandfather), in the 1950s, and also worn by Felac`s sister, Peggy (Margaret) MacEachern (1868-1963). Both women never married and lived at Creag Mhor, Cornaigbeg, all their lives.