infant dress

Dateca. 1840

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Dresses
Lawn

Dimensions55.88 × 62.23 cm (22 × 24 1/2 in.)

Credit LineGift of Frances and Hooper Brooks

Object numberCOS81.210

DescriptionWhite lawn baby's dress featuring a long skirt, square neck, and short three-tiered sleeves. Elaborate eyelet embroidery decorates the sleeves, neckline, and breast. The breast in particular features a triangular patch of decorate embroidery formed from several vertical stripes of distinct patterns all tapering toward the gathered waist. There are 10 narrow horizontal tucks by the hem of the skirt. Ties closed in back.

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