baby dress

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Sidney Museum and Archives

Name/Title

baby dress

Entry/Object ID

2003.024.003

Description

Baby dress, long; white cotton. Round neck finished with hand-embroidered, buttonhole stitch scalloped edge. Below neckline, across front, is an embroidered spray of white stylized roses and leaves, in satin and stem stitch. Similar motifs form a triangular arrangement in lower central front area of skirt. Bound placket in central back extends to waistline and is closed in top area with two hand-worked buttonholes and mother-of-pearl buttons. Elbow-length set-in sleeves have lower edges finished with hand-embroidered buttonhole stitch scallops and there are six double slots for ribbons on each sleeve. Lower edge of skirt finished with hand-embroidered, buttonholed stitch scalloped edge.

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

McNaughton, Malcolm

Notes

Mode of Acquisition: gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Dress

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Main Garments

Nomenclature Class

Clothing

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

baby dress

Created By

Jones, Isabel

Create Date

January 14, 2004

Updated By

Michael Goodchild

Update Date

November 16, 2023