Austin Reed robe or dressing gown of cotton or cotton and linen mix fabric printed with an all over abstract pattern of swirls and foliage (possibly pine cones and pine needles) in orange, teal green, light blue, brown and cream. It has hand sewn finishing and two self covered buttons with bound buttonholes. It has two patch pockets on the front and comes with a detachable tie belt of the same fabric with black tassels at each end. There are two belt loops on the gown. Areas of fading to the fabric and woven brown tape Austin Reed label in the back of the neck. Country of Design: United Kingdom
Smoking coat or dressing gown made from a piece of phulkari bagh embroidery. The ground of the fabric is dark orange red cotton which has been hand embroidered all over in a square and diamond shaped geometric pattern in three different shades of gold silk floss thread (untwisted). The gown has been made to avoid cutting the textile with details such as pleats over the shoulders and overlapped embroidered selvedge edges down the centre back. The bell shaped sleeves are lined in dark red silk. It fastens centre front with three metal hooks and cotton thread loops. There is a short tab or bar roughly stitched to the left side of the centre front opening near the top loop. Small ink stains to the right front edge, the bottom hem is unfinished with a raw fraying edge. Country of Design: India (Punjab) Country of Manufacture: India (Punjab) Keywords: Leisure wear, informal dress, night wear
Woollen dressing gown with a rounded collar and lapels. A button sits under the collar on the right side and fastens through a buttonhole on the left lapel. Three large, black plastic buttons run down the centre of the front and there is a tie at the waist. The dressing gown is pale purple in colour with yellow and maroon bands around the hem and cuffs. There are patch pockets [worn] at either side of the waist. The collar, front opening and pockets are finished with black tape and the buttonholes with black stitching. At the reverse there is stitched yellow yellow lettering.
