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Infant's dress
Probably French
1854
Medium/Technique
Cotton with cotton embroidery and linen tapes
Dimensions
99 x 85 cm (39 x 33 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Franklin Marland Darracott
Accession Number03.1154
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionWhite muslin. The front of the dress is embroidered with drawn work, laid work and eyelet work and white cotton, and with a design of scrolling leaves, in some places enclosing drawn-work a jours and conventional flowers. On each side of the front panel is a rever of muslin with a scalloped edge. On the tops of the sleeves are flaps of embroidery edged with scalloped ruffles. The short sleeves have turned back cuffs. The embroidery on the belt is coarser than that on the rest of the dress. Worn by Franklin Marland Darracott at his christening at St. Paul's Church, Boston in 1854.