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Museum display of trousseau items and sewing implements
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| Artist |
Muriel McPhee |
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George Serras, National Museum of Australia |
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| Title |
Museum display of trousseau items and sewing implements |
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| Description |
Items from the Judy and Ian McPhee Collection on display in the Australian Journeys Gallery of the National Museum of Australia. |
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| Date | 1916 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Object history | The Judy and Ian McPhee collection includes 150 items made by a young Australian woman, Muriel McPhee, between 1916 and 1918 in preparation for her wedding and subsequent married life. Muriel was not officially engaged, but it is thought the man Muriel intended to marry died in France during the First World War. She never married, spending her life working on the family farm with her brother and maintaining her interest in sewing. Her trousseau, unused and carefully stored, was found after her death in the 1980s. The trousseau is a poignant reminder of the ripple effect of war, even at a great distance. It illustrates the emotional ties severed by the First World War and is an expression of one young Australian woman’s expectations of a marriage – expectations that were packed away when that marriage did not eventuate. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | When using this image, please credit the photographer and the National Museum of Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | Self-photographed | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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