Nurse uniform

Costumes

Inventory number
2018.8.6.1ac.CO.UF.C1914.FR
Description
Nurse outfit of the First World War, composed of a veil and a long blouse both embroidered with a red cross, and an apron.

From the beginning of the war, aristocratic women start to work. Some of them take training courses at the Women's Union of France and the Association of French Women to become nurses. The worker or nurse’s outfit influences the evolution of women clothing.
Material
Cotton
Origin
1914 – 1918 France
Related object
Medal
Exhibition History
2018.9.1 - 2018.9.30 – "Centenary of the fashion through the Alexandre Vassiliev Collection. 1914-2018", Château de Querrieu, Querrieu, France