Blouse

Clothes for Women

Inventory number
2022.11.17.1.CO.ET.C1970.FI
Author:
Figura Finland (Finland, Second half of the 20th century)
Description
Finnish style blouse for women in white cotton decorated with blue, red, green and yellow cotton threads cross stitch technique embroidery, on the front and on the sleeves, representing flowering branches and vertical lines. 
It has an elasticated collar, as well long sleeves with a elasticated wrists. The blouse, falls to the hips, have a collar can be adjusted with a red cord and a button closes it.

This blouse is a traditional Finnish item of clothing, but also fits into the hippie aesthetic of the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Material
Cotton
Origin
circa 1970 Finland

Exhibition History
• 2025.07.31–2025.08.29. ‘Moments of our Youth. From the collection of Alexandre Vassiliev foundation.’ Visaginas Festival of Spaces 2025, Visaginas Cultural Center ‘Draugystė‘, Visaginas, Lithuania.