Baby boy's dress
Category
Costume
Date
1840 - 1870
Materials
Lawn
Collection
Arlington Court, Devon
NT 987743
Summary
Baby boy's dress in white lawn with picot edgings and gauged waist. Ayreshirework fillings have been torn, perhaps in ironing. Note - This is a boy's dress because the pointed bodice front lies outside the waistband. In a girl's dress it was traditional to tuck the point inside, if indeed there was a point.