Child's dress
Category
Costume
Date
Unknown
Materials
muslin, silk, lace, wool & paper
Measurements
685 x 305 mm
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 291717
Summary
B730 A young girl's white muslin dress, early 19th Century -see CAL/T/444. High waist, gathered at the front of the bodice, gathered skirt. Wide neck edged with lace and threaded with silk ribbons. Wide, short puffed sleeves decorated with two ribbons. Skirt decorated with a section of sewn on woollen embroidery. A sewn-on note reads, 'child's dresses from Hemsworth'.
Marks and inscriptions
childrens dresses from Hemsworth (a sewn on note)