Child's Dress

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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New Museum Los Gatos

Name/Title

Child's Dress

Entry/Object ID

NU 2021.232

Description

A small, white batiste dress. There is floral embroidery and eyelet detailing along the bottom of the dress, the bottom of the sleeves, the edge of the collar, and vertically along the shoulders. There are vertical, tucked stripe details on the bodice of the dress, and horizontally along the bottom section of the dress. There is also a decorative embroidered pattern of stars inside circles, with feathers that can be found on three horizontal bands: one at the waist, and the other two with the horizontal tucked stripes. The dress opens up at the back, and closes with nine small, white iridescent buttons.

Collection

History Collection

Cataloged By

registrar@numulosgatos.org

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Dress

Clothing Sex

Male

Size

For a child

Textile Details

Fabric

Batiste

Material

Cotton

Color

White

Made/Created

Date made

1890

Time Period

19th Century

Notes

Date is according to note on tag.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Dress

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Main Garments

Nomenclature Class

Clothing

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Old Object Number

Other Number

117

Dimensions

Length

29-1/4 in

Condition

Overall Condition

Good