Historical information

Child's cream silk dress with lace inserts and hand sewn flowers and press stud fasteners made from 'bits and pieces' in 1937 by the family of Mrs Valma Sharp .

Significance

This child's cream silk dress was made in the austere time after the Depression 1930 - 34 and shows the practical ingenuity of a mother to make a pretty dress for her child from 'bits and pieces' of material

Physical description

c1937 a child's cream silk dress made from ' bits and pieces' ,hand sewn flowers, with lace, press studs