Child's dress
Category
Costume
Date
circa 1860 - circa 1869
Materials
Cotton
Measurements
Dress - 500 mm (height), Overskirt - 380 mm (height)
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 658335
Summary
An child's 1860s cotton dress with a matching overskirt. The dress is made from a blue and white striped cotton fabric. It has short puffed sleeves and a wide pintuck above the hem. It has a pocket in the right side of the skirt. The dress fastens at the back with brass hooks and eyes, there are seven hooks, but only one eye remains. It is stained in places and has small holes. The overskirt has the same pattern as the dress and also fastens at the back with three brass hooks, again there are no eyes. Two pieces of string are attached to the inside of the waist. Again like the dress it has holes and stains. Total number of items is 2.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Mrs C. Fawcett in July 1975.