Nightgown
Category
Costume
Date
1860 - 1900
Materials
Cotton cambric, broderie anglaise, cotton lace, buttons.
Measurements
1420 x 620 mm
Collection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 604100
Summary
A woman's nightgown made from white cotton cambric. The long-sleeved gown is decorated on the neckline and front facings with a broderie anglaise frill, with a matching frill and pintucks on the cuff. The yoke is decorated with vertical white cotton lace insertion and pintucks, with three self-covered buttons centre front for fastening, intact.
Provenance
Gift of H McCleery.
Marks and inscriptions
At base of front opening, inner seam, left hand side.: A handwritten marking on a bodice inner seam reads, "H McCleery", the donor. See associated photograph for further details.