Personal Accessory - Handheld Fan: Paper, Wood, Metal, 1875-1900

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From the Collection of Kew Historical Society Inc Level 1, Kew Court House 188 High Street Kew Victoria

Description: White paper, wood and metal cockade fan
Object Registration: 1998.0020
Keywords: fashion and textiles collection, fashion accessories, fans, cockade fans
When Made: 1875-1900
Last updated: 13 Jul 2019 at 4:24PM

Personal Equipment - Curling Tongs

Kew Historical Society Inc, Kew

Pair of Metal Curling Tongs

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Railway Equipment - 'A' Pattern Annett Key, Kew Railway Station

Kew Historical Society Inc, Kew

'A' pattern Annett Key, used at the Kew Railway Station with signals equipment.

Inscriptions & Markings

KEW

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Identification Badge - Cr HG Ferguson, City of Kew, 1955

Kew Historical Society Inc, Kew

Inscriptions & Markings

Front:City of Kew to top, Crest in middle with Council below Rear: Cr H. G. Ferguson 27-8-1955

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Identification Badge - Mrs HG Ferguson, Mayoress, City of Kew 1959-60

Kew Historical Society Inc, Kew

A gold plated bar brooch with suspended medallion having a blue enamelled ring surrounding the City of Kew crest in relief

Inscriptions & Markings

Front: City of Kew, above the city of Kew crest with Council below Rear: Mrs H. G. Ferguson, Mayoress, 1959-60

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Women's Clothing - Underwear: White Muslin Knickers

Kew Historical Society Inc, Kew

Crutchless knickers. Hand sewn muslin pant with a front central opening

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Women's Clothing - Lace

Kew Historical Society Inc, Kew

Camisette Garment is comprised of machine lace and an embroidered cotton joined together to form a fabric and backed with fine netting. There is a band of narrow lace at the square neckline, this is attached to a band of insertion lace with ribbon holes and then wide bands of insertion lace. At the upper midriff level there is a band of lace interspersed with embroidered butterflies. Garment is buttoned at the front.

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Women's Clothing - Blouse

Kew Historical Society Inc, Kew

Canary Island Tenerife lace blouse. The blouse is decorated with bands of drawn thread lace of two widths at the waist line. There are two bands of wide lace featuring 2 circular motifs and two simple narrow bands. The neckline is decorated with two bands of the wide lace and three bands of the narrow lace. There is a single button opening at both sides of the neckline

Historical information

These garments were made for the tourist market in the Spanish Colonies of South America

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Women's Clothing - Camisole

Kew Historical Society Inc, Kew

Camisole with pearl buttons. Two circular floral motifs on either side of front buttons. Broderie finish to armholes and the back. Joined peplum for gatherhing tape at waist line

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Women's Clothing - Camisole

Kew Historical Society Inc, Kew

White cotton voile puff sleeved camisole with four engraved pearl buttons. Neck edged with an edging lace and narrow tape. Sleeves finished with two rows of pin tucking and edging lace. Insertion and tape lace at neckline.

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Women's Clothing - Jabot

Kew Historical Society Inc, Kew

White cotton jabot of Irish crotchet lace and machine made lace and machine sewn. Inserted lace layer has flat and three dimensional crotchet roses. Lace edging at the bottom has three 3 dimensional roses and shamrocks

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Women's Clothing - Embroidered Silk Chemisette, 1900-1910

Kew Historical Society Inc, Kew

Rectangular silk organza chemisette, with inset embroidered net at the front and at the neck. The free-form, multicoloured silk embroidery includes abstract flowers, fruit and leaves, and may be of Chinese origin. The chemisette has five decorative mother-of-pearl buttons at the front and silk organza ties at the waist.

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Women's Clothing - Cotton voile blouse

Kew Historical Society Inc, Kew

White cotton voile blouse with short sleeves. Neckline ornamented with collar and jabot style front edged with tape lace. Sleeves also ornamented with tape lace. Sleeves and neckline gathered with roulaux

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Women's Clothing - Mop cap

Kew Historical Society Inc, Kew

Circle of muslin, lace edged, with an attached bias tape to form a tube for gathering cap

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Women's Clothing - Camisole

Kew Historical Society Inc, Kew

White muslin camisole with fabric made by machine joined tape lace. Sleeves have three layers tape lace between three pieces of muslin. Edges are of a layer of scalloped tape lace joined to sleeves by a ribbon insert tape lace.

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Women's Clothing - Lace

Kew Historical Society Inc, Kew

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Women's Clothing - Lace

Kew Historical Society Inc, Kew

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Women's Clothing - Lace

Kew Historical Society Inc, Kew

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Women's Clothing - Lace

Kew Historical Society Inc, Kew

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Women's Clothing - Embroidered Chemisette, 1900-1910

Kew Historical Society Inc, Kew

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Key Ring - City of Kew, Metal and Enamel (x2)

Kew Historical Society Inc, Kew

A ring with a clip fastener to which is attached a close linked chain with an enamelled medallion with a black background, a gilt outline of the City of Kew crest with red enamel infill, in it's original packaging x 2

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Personal Accessory - Handheld Fan: Paper, Wood, Metal, 1875-1900

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