Museum Collections

White cotton christening gown with a round neckline trimmed with eyelet lace; second low round below the shoulder "neckline" trimmed with whitework and eyelet lace; area between the necklines is filled with vertical tucks; triangular yoke of banded whitework embroidery and eyelet lace in the center of the front of the bodice with vertical pleats between and trimmed on the sides with eyelet lace; long sleeves with cuffs trimmed with eyelet lace and a second short puffed sleeve at the shoulder; band of whitework around the waistline; extremely long skirt with five bands of tucks above the hem.