Woman's nightdress
Category
Costume
Date
circa 1850 - 1900
Materials
Cotton
Measurements
930 mm (length)
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 658608
Summary
A long, white, cotton, woman's nightdress. It is quite full, and gathered at the front and back neck into a band of fabric, which is embroidered all along with a row of feather stitch with a broderie anglaise edging at the neck. The short sleeves are edged with the same broderie anglaise, with a row of feather stitching at the sleeve edge. The opening (at the back), approximately 19cm long, is trimmed with a band decorated with a row of feather stitching and broderie anglaise all around the edge, fastening with a fabric-covered button at the neck edge. Below the bottom of this opening is 'A B/ 6' in red cross-stitch (possibly a laundry mark).
Marks and inscriptions
Below the bottom of the opening: 'A B/ 6'