2007.57.3
This is a ribbon knitted bolero, it was dip dyed by Janet Lipkin; the colors vary from magenta, to lavender color to pink, to puce. It is ruffled around the neck, front hem, and at the ends of the sleeves.
Camillian was a Berkeley based company. Janet Lipkin, Lori Hansen, Amy Rothberg artist/designers and Toshiko Sugiyama as pattern maker. The production was limited (100/200 pieces) hand knitted by local women.
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