Materials: Fine cotton, corded cotton.
Condition: Excellent condition on gown's
front and slip. The gown's back has several period mends; near the
neckline are three small brown scorch marks, which have caused the
fabric to split.
Measurements: Wd, 17"; Gown L,
23".
Comments: The hand stitching on this
gown is remarkably tiny and even. Beautiful work, especially in
the van dyke edgings and tiny quadruple rows of horizontal pin tucking
on the gown and slip. In the early 19th c. parents often chose to wait
until the baby was a year or older before christening; hence, the
somewhat large size of this set. Rare and early.
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