Garment
1926Tennis dress
This tennis dress is made of white linen with hem stitching and green linen appliqué. It is square in shape, below the knee in length and sleeveless, with a round neckline. At hip level it is belted with a white linen belt and a white rectangular buckle made of mother-of-pearl. It has flat folds from the hip level down. There are green linen square insets at the neckline, hip level and on the skirt. The donor designed the dress and wore it for tennis. The donor said that she lengthened it in the later 1920s.
Tennis dress · Great Britain · 1926. Machine-sewn linen, plain weave. By Hepburne Scott. Victoria and Albert Museum, London.