Nightgown

Name/Title

Nightgown

Entry/Object ID

95-0048-0001T

Description

HANDMADE WHITE LAWN NIGHTGOWN WITH DELICATE CROCHETED BODICE AND POSSIBLE TATTING.PAPERWORK IS ON BLUE NOTEPAPER IN ACCESSION B0X NOTE READS: "ABOUT 40 YEARS AGO. IN LANCASTER,PA, OUR NEIGHBOR - WHO WAS ABOUT 69 THEN, GAVE THIS TO ME. hE SAID IT HAD BEEN HIS MOTHER'S AND HAD BEEN MADE BY THE NUNS. i HAVE NO IDEA HOW OLD HIS MOTHER WAS WHEN SHE USED IT. iT WAS TOO BEAUTIFUL FOR ME TO USE AS A NIGHTGOWN, SO IT'S YOURS TO USE, SELL OR GIVE AWAY. MARGE STEVICK".

Collection

Laurel Museum Collection

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1900

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Nightgown

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Dressingwear & Nightwear

Nomenclature Class

Clothing

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Search Terms

COSTUME

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

FLOOR LENGTH