Nightgown
- Object Name:
- Nightgown
- Object ID:
- 1959.068.024
- Place of Origin:
- New London, NH
- Date:
- circa 1885
- Description:
- Nightgown, child's. Heavy white cotton shift with short off-shoulder cap sleeves. Front of neck has scalloped "V" in front, and wide rows of tatting (linen lace trim, per Linda Eppich) are on neck and sleeve ends; tatting also fills the "V" in front of neck. Seven narrow bows of pink satin: one each on shoulders, three on neck front, and two on side fronts. Machine stitching throughout. Initials "G.G." at center front below "V".
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton
Linen - Provenance:
- All materials from the attic of the Burpee homestead in New London, NH, a neighbor of the donor. The Burpee family has been in this home since 1817.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Susan Colgate Cleveland
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