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Child's dress
American
About 1895
Object Place: USA
Medium/Technique
Cotton plain-weave with cotton embroidery, eyelet insertion, and linen Valenciennes bobbin lace
Dimensions
58.5 x 55.5 cm (23 1/16 x 21 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Penelope Noyes
Accession Number52.444
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionHigh round neck, long sleeves slightly puffed around shoulders, full skirt with fullness gathered evenly all around, buttoned down back, both front and back of bodice trimmed with box pleats and bands of eyelet and drawn work insertion in minute grape vine design, band of same insertion at top of skirt hem, eight small tucks above embroidered insertion on skirt, on sash ties with hemstitched ends from side seam to center back, narrow ruffle of Valenciennes lace around neck and sleeve edges.