Christening dress

Object/Artifact

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Saco Museum

Name/Title

Christening dress

Entry/Object ID

2025.16.1

Description

White cotton sateen christening dress with eyelet trim. Wide square neckline trimmed with eyelet. Short sleeves with three narrow bands of eyelet and a single pleat in between. Wider eyelet in a floral pattern around the waist. The same eyelet forms the front of the bodice in two graduated rows with pleats in between. The same narrow eyelet trims the side of the front of the bodice. Long skirt has one row of the wider eyelet and a similar eyelet with scalloped edges forms the hem. Closes in the back with three white buttons at the top of the bodice and three white buttons at the waist, as well as three sets of tiny tapes, two at the waist and one at the top.

Made/Created

Date made

1800 - 1900

Dimensions

Length

43 in