Gown, Dressing

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Genesee Country Village & Museum

Name/Title

Gown, Dressing

Entry/Object ID

2024.15.015

Description

Small child's dressing gown of printed cotton in a cream and red plaid or crisscross pattern. Mostly machine-sewn with some hand-finishing inside. Long body with slight train in CB. CF opening of buttons, milk glass (some missing), and hand-finished buttonholes. High round neckline with small frill trimming edge of same printed cotton fabric. Long sleeves cut from one pieces, trimmed at wrist with same cotton print frill. Neckline, wrist cuff, front sides, and CF flanking CF opening are applies strips of printed cotton in red and white. Small red chain pattern cut diagonally. CB seam.

Collection

Genesee Country Village and Museum

Category

Historic Costume, Child, Unisex [Historic Costume], Infant

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Dressing Gown

Clothing Sex

Unisex

Made/Created

Date made

1870 - 1900