Nightgown
Category
Costume
Date
1880
Materials
Cotton lawn, broderie anglaise, whitework embroidery, buttons.
Measurements
1300 x 460 mm
Collection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 602962
Summary
A woman's nightgown made from white cotton lawn. The long-sleeved gown is decorated on the cuffs and neckline with broderie anglaise insertion and trim, with matching insertion on the bodice front and back and around the waist, along with vertical lines of pintucking and whitework embroidered braid. It fastens with three buttons centre front, one missing and another damaged.
Provenance
Gift of Miss G.Abernethy.
Marks and inscriptions
Inner front facing, upper left side.: A handwritten label stitched to an inner seam on the front facings reads, "Miss. G. Abernethy", the donor (plus her address, not published here). See associated photograph for further details.