Nightgown
- Object Name:
- Nightgown
- Object ID:
- 1959.031.06 a-d
- Date:
- 1897
- Description:
- Wedding trousseau underwear and nightdress. White linen plainweave nightdress (a), wide linen lace and hamburg yoke collar, insert at front, long sleeves with linen lace ruffle and hamburg insertion, blue silk satin ribbon. Long, white linen full petticoat (b) with ruffle of lace and cotton over cotton ruffle. Short, full cotton plainweave petticoat (c) with lace and tucked ruffle and blue satin ribbon through lace insertion. Over-the-knee open drawers (d), cotton plainweave with same lace and tucked ruffle and blue ribbon. C and d are a pair.
a--nightgown
b--petticoat, wedding
c--petticoat
d--drawers, open - Material:
- Textile
Silk
Linen
Cotton - Provenance:
- Wedding underwear was worn by Nellie Burton Kent Cushing (1874-19 ), the mother of the donor, at her wedding in 1897.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Barbara C. Jenkins
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