child's dress

Object/Artifact

Sidney Museum and Archives

Name/Title

child's dress

Entry/Object ID

1980. .011

Description

Child's dress of Evenweave white cotton fabric. Full length skirt and long sleeves, round neckline, band of eyelet embroidery across front with sashes attached to tie at back on either side. Embroidery of eyelet may be hand done. Front band controls fullness of front skirt. Narrow lace edging attached at neckline and at sleeve cuffs. Narrow insertion eyelet beading (no ribbon threaded in it). Seams hand sewn. White feather-stitch sleeves across chest, embroidery across top of yoke on front, similar embroidery around neckine. Dress fastens with placket opening at Center Back; drawstring ties at Center Back top and one mother-of-pearl button holds dress closed at yoke, buttonhole is handworked. French seams at sides.

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Brown, Isabelle

Notes

Accession Date: 01-Jan-80

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

child's dress

Created By

MacRae, Alisdair

Create Date

May 12, 1995

Updated By

Michael Goodchild

Update Date

October 6, 2023