Nightgown
- Object Name:
- Nightgown
- Object ID:
- 1959.068.079.2
- Date:
- circa 1873
- Description:
- Nightgown, baby's - long white herringbone stripe madras. Made on bias of material. Neck gathered with drawstring. Very narrow, handmade lace edging. Long sleeves with same edging. Opened down back. Front cut longer, in semi-circle, same lace edging.
- 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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