child's dress

Object/Artifact

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Sidney Museum and Archives

Name/Title

child's dress

Entry/Object ID

2009.021.001

Description

Young girl's dropped-waist style dress made of lightweight, tabby weave, ivory silk. Front bodice divided into four sections with three vertical ivory cotton lace dainty floral insertion. Square neckline formed from mitered lace insertion. Each of the four sections trimmed with three spaced pin tucks in the chest area. Back bodice closed with six buttons/hand worked buttonholes. Four spaced pin tucks on each back bodice section. Skirt, which has been shortened at waistline, composed of seven tiers, of gathered silk and lace insertion. Hemline finished with floral, but not matching, lace. Set-in long sleeves with gathered sleeve head and lower edge lace-trimmed.

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Jones, Frank and Louise

Notes

Accession Date: 15-Jul-09 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

child's dress

Created By

Silver, Christie; Jones Isabel

Create Date

August 2, 2016

Updated By

Michael Goodchild

Update Date

November 15, 2023