christening gown

Date1800s

Terms

Dresses
Cotton

Dimensions78.74 × 106.68 cm (31 × 42 in.)

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Sargent (no other name on file)

Object numberCOS64.27.1.2

DescriptionBaby dress. White cotton or linen. Short sleeves with a long skirt. High neck with small trim of eyelet lace. Yoke of dress has alternating vertical features of fabric and thin threads forming a ladder. Front of chest features an upside down triangle of floral lace, with two eyelet lace trimmed panels of fabric on either side. The short sleeves are puff sleeves with ties at the opening, and a small ruffle at the edge. Skirt gathers into the waist, and has a front panel with a simple vertical eyelet embroidery design down the center. Two strips of eyelet lace trimmed fabric are on either side. Bottom of skirt is zig-zag pointed eyelet hem. Button closure on the top portion of the back.

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