Blouse Item Number: 3515/8 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Black short-sleeved woman's blouse with a back neck closure. Front and sleeves of blouse are heavily decorated with embroidered floral motifs. Diamonds, filled with geometric motifs, are spread across front. Sleeves decorated with floral and geometric bands. The embroidery is mostly done in dark pink with light green, orange and white highlights throughout. Back is undecorated. Additional pink and green floral fabric around armpits, connecting sleeves and body of blouse.
Bought by the donor c. 1975 from Rossina Izzard Usatch, who owned Carnaby Street in Victoria.