Baby's gown
Category
Costume
Date
1920
Materials
Cotton, Lace, Linen
Measurements
690 mm (Length)520 mm (W)160 mm (Length)
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Killerton, Devon
NT 1366235
Summary
White cotton baby's gown long with long sleeves. Round neck edged with machine made lace and hand sewn feather stitch. Centre back half opening fastening with two linen covered buttons and drawstring at neck. Front bodice hand embroidered with cutwork in butterfly design. Scalloped hem hand embroidered in white with trailing daisy design. Skirt gathered to waist with hand sewn feather stitched edging at bottom of the bodice. Laundry mark at centre back seam. 1920 (circa)
Provenance
worn by the donor's brother born 1927.