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It has a round skirt supported by wooden hoops, and is decorated with ruched ribbon and paper frills and festooned with small figures of Santa Claus, robins, and sprigs of holly. Across the front, worked in red satin ribbon, is the greeting ‘Happy Xmas 1929’.\r\n\r\nAs well the dress, the outfit includes a satin beret decorated with more frills and bells, and a cake board and knife, almost as large as the dress itself. \r\n\r\nThis dress was acquired as part of a very large collection of children’s clothes, furniture and toys in 1984, and underwent conservation work in 1992. \r\n","physicalDescription":"Child's fancy dress costume representing a Christmas cake, consisting of:\n\nIvory cotton-satin dress. The bodice is round-necked and puff-sleeved and trimmed with red ribbon. Wooden hoops in the skirt, in the form of a farthingale, create a cylindrical structure. The top and bottom of the skirt is trimmed with red and tartan paper cake frills. At the front of the dress, the slogan 'Happy Xmas 1929' is worked in ruched ribbon. Artificial holly and Santa Claus figures are attached around the skirt.\n\nIvory satin beret, decorated with bells, artificial holly, paper cake frill, two Santa Claus figures and a toy robin.\n\nKnife made of paper and card, painted grey.\n\nRound cake board with folded edge, made of paper and card, painted grey.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"x40240"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"satin","id":"AAT132902"},{"text":"paper","id":"AAT14109"}],"techniques":[{"text":"hand sewing","id":"AAT257459"},{"text":"painting","id":"AAT161986"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Mixed fibre satin weave, paper, card","categories":[{"text":"Children & Childhood","id":"THES48980"},{"text":"Children's clothes","id":"THES48979"},{"text":"Christmas","id":"THES48977"},{"text":"Fancy-dress","id":"THES253773"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"YVA","id":"THES48593"},"images":["2023NL7222","2023NL7223","2023NL7694","2023NL7696","2023NL7695","2006BG1672","2023NL7697","2023NL7699"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"CA006","id":"THES389936"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""},{"current":{"text":"CA006","id":"THES389936"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""},{"current":{"text":"CA006","id":"THES389936"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""},{"current":{"text":"001","id":"THES342346"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"dresses","id":"AAT46159"}],[{"text":"fancy dress","id":"AAT224229"}],[{"text":"hats","id":"AAT46106"}],[{"text":"fancy dress","id":"AAT224229"}],[{"text":"knife (cutting tool)","id":""}],[{"text":"fancy dress","id":"AAT224229"}],[{"text":"plates (dishes)","id":"AAT42991"}],[{"text":"fancy dress","id":"AAT224229"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"No","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"England","id":"x28826"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1929","earliest":"1929-01-01","latest":"1929-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Given by Muriel Monro","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Circumference","value":"54.7","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"hat band","note":"taken from department file"},{"dimension":"","value":"","unit":"","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Length","value":"34.3","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"knife ","note":"taken from department file"},{"dimension":"Diameter","value":"45.7","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"cake board","note":"taken from department file"}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"'Happy Xmas / 1929'","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":""}],"objectHistory":"Worn by a member of the Monro family, possibly Jean Monro (born 1922). On entry to the museum its condition was noted as '(dress and beret) fair; satin fragile. 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This festive costume turned its wearer into a Christmas cake! \n\n<b>Fancy dress costume</b> \r\nUnknown maker \r\n1929 \r\nEngland \r\nMixed fibre satin weave, paper and card \r\nGiven by Muriel Monro \r\nMuseum no. MISC.172-1984 \n\n[Young V&amp;A, Imagine Gallery, The Stage, short object label] ","date":{"text":"01/07/2023","earliest":"2023-07-01","latest":"2023-07-01"}}],"partNumbers":["MISC.172-1984","MISC.172A-1984","MISC.172B-1984","MISC.172C-1984"],"accessionNumberNum":"172","accessionNumberPrefix":"MISC","accessionYear":1984,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2023NH7015"],"recordModificationDate":"2026-04-09","recordCreationDate":"2009-07-01","availableToBook":false}}