infant's dress

Name/Title

infant's dress

Entry/Object ID

2009.020.001

Description

Cotton cambric [?] infant's day dress with lace at neckline. Appears to be a commercial product [machine serging and zig-zag stitching]. White-on-white floral embroidery on pointed front yoke. Straight back yoke has three sets of spaced groups-of-three pin tucks on either side of back placket, which is closed with buttons/buttonhole, at top and bottom of yoke. Skirt fullness gathered in at centre front yoke and across back yoke. Lower skirt area decorated with an embroidered eyelet insertion with a lace insertion on either side. Set-in long sleeves. Round neckline and lower sleeve edges trimmed with narrow lace.

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

infant's dress

Created By

Silver, Christie; Jones Isabel

Create Date

August 2, 2016

Updated By

Michael Goodchild

Update Date

November 15, 2023