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Headdress - Edith M. Barnett, Pearl & Beads, circa 1939-1989
Reg. No: SH 910942
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- Summary:
- Small tiara-like headdress with pearl decoration. Believed to have been made by Miss Edith M. Barnett.
Miss Barnett was born in 1905 and lived at 558 Camberwell Road, Camberwell from around 1939. She was apprenticed as a milliner when she was about 16, first at Georgettes and later with Peggy Walsh. For many years Miss Barnett conducted her millinery business from her Camberwell home. She made headdresses for the National Ballet Company for many years, taught millinery at the YWCA and taught craft, especially millinery and the dressing of dolls, through the Country Women's Association (CWA). She also seems to have showed her work: in 1937 a Miss E. M. Barnett won first prize at the Royal Show for a lamp shade; in 1940 she received a Royal Show judges' award for two hand-made paper flowers in 'Art Crafts - Amateurs' section. In the 1930s and 1940s a Miss E.M. Barnett also won several prizes for cookery at the Show. - Description:
- Small tiara-like headdress, for wearing at the front of the hair, of pearl beads and clear glass shiny "flowers" on a wire base which is covered with cream-coloured material. There are eight strands of pearl beads, four on either side, with the glass beads in the centre.
- Acquisition Information:
- Donation from Miss Edith Barnett, 1989
| Discipline: | History |
| Dimensions: | 8.00 cm (Height), 16.00 cm (Width), 15.00 cm (Length) |
More information
| Tagged with: | trades, handcrafts, commerce, millinery |
| Themes this item is part of: | Working Life & Trades Collection |
| Primary Classification: | TRADES |
| Secondary Classification: | Hat Making & Millinery |
| Tertiary Classification: | components & trims |
| Maker: | Miss Edith Barnett, Victoria, Australia, circa 1939-1989 |
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