Child's dress
Category
Costume
Date
1890 - 1900
Materials
Silk twill, smocking, hooks.
Measurements
630 x 1010 mm
Collection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 603246
Summary
A child's dress for a girl or boy made from cream silk twill. The long-sleeved dress has smocked cuffs and a gathered and smocked yoke front and back in cream silk thread, with a tucked skirt hem. It is unlined and fastens centre back with four hooks and eyelets, intact.
Provenance
Gift of Parkinson-Cumine
Marks and inscriptions
Inner seam, centre back right.: A handwritten label attached to an inner seam reads, "Parkinson-Cumine", the donor. See associated photograph for further details.