baby dress

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Sidney Museum and Archives

Name/Title

baby dress

Entry/Object ID

2003.024.002

Description

Baby 's long dress, sheer white cotton. Round neckline finished with entre-deux and narrow lace edging. Front and back have shallow, semi-circular yoke, joined and gathered on to the rest of the dress with entre-deux. Back has placket opening that continues into a centre back seam. Opening fastened with three hand worked buttonholes and mother-of-pearl buttons, two in yoke and one in upper placket. Puffed, set-in, elbow-length sleeves finished as neckline. Lower skirt area has machine embroidery of small floral motifs and eyelets. Matching edging joined to lower skirt edge with entre-deux.

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 9, 2023