Nightgown
- Object Name:
- Nightgown
- Object ID:
- 1959.068.079.1
- Date:
- circa 1873
- Description:
- Nightgown, baby's. Long, checked white dimity, gathered at neck with drawstring. Long sleeves. Neck and sleeves with handmade, narrow lace edging. Opening at back. Front cut longer than back in semi-circle. Bottom trimmed with inch-wide handmade lace.
- Material:
- Textile
- Provenance:
- All materials from the attic of the Burpee homestead in New London, 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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