Child's dress
Category
Costume
Date
1900 - 1940
Materials
Cotton lawn, whitework embroidery, broderie anglaise, cotton tape, buttons.
Measurements
580 x 870 mm
Collection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 603999
Summary
A child's dress for a girl or boy, made from white cotton lawn. The capped sleeved dress is decorated on the cuffs, neckline and bib with floral whitework embroidery and broderie anglaise insertion, with a gathered waist and nine tucks on the lower skirt hem. It is unlined and fastens centre back with two self-covered buttons and two cotton tape ties, intact.
Provenance
Gift of M.W.Boggs