CHRISTENING GOWN
Currently in storage
About this object
EB Close Christening Gown - NY 1882. Also worn by Adelaide and Eleanor. Cotton lawn with embroidery sprays in centerfront insert. Machine or handmade ribbon lace, hand applied. Back yoke pin tucked. Full capped sleeve pin tucked into small horizontal band with pleated lace edges.
- Object name:
- CHRISTENING GOWN
- Made from:
- cotton lawn, embroidery, ribbon lace
- Made in:
- New York, USA
- Date made:
- 1882
- Size:
- L. 40 in., W. 100 in. (hem)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 2016.4.1
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973