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Silk hand painted fan with floral and bird design, early 20^th听century, maker unknown.

An inventory of these garments was originally made by Louise Chapman, Senior Lecturer in Fashion and Textiles, who found them in a cupboard back in 2011 when the School of Fashion was still based at the University鈥檚 Gosta Green campus.听

The garments may have been kept in the library at one time, but were then offered to the School of Fashion when they were re-organising听their stock.听 They were temporarily housed in a teaching room following the move to Parkside in 2013, and were acquired by the Arts, Design and Media Archives in 2019.听听听

The collection includes fans, hats, capes, shoes, dresses, petticoats, samples of lace, reproduction theatrical garments, blouses, jackets, knitwear and, most spectacularly, a black floral-printed Japanese kimono, padded with fleece and embroidered with gold metal thread and silk. The earliest item is a pair of shoes with buckles that date from 1775; the most recent is a dress from the 1980s.

At least part of it was bequeathed to 探花直播 School of Art by the Pre-Raphaelite artist Kate Bunce upon her death in 1927.听 Kate studied there in the 1880s and her family is closely connected with 探花直播鈥檚 cultural heritage and, more specifically,听探花直播 School of Art. 听