Christening gown
date: label: Date
content: 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Short bodice with wide low neck; puff sleeves; long skirt; opening from neck to skirt bottom; ornamented with fine tucks arranged as crossing diagonals on bodice and sleeves and as horizontal and vertical lines on skirt which is edged, as are the sleeves, with scallops (embroidered).
place: label: made in
content: USA
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. DeWitt Clinton Cohen in memory of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1940-93-70
objectType: label: Type
content: costume & accessories
label: Type
content: Christening gown
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: cotton Technique: embroidered on plain weave
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 81.3 × 49.5 cm (32 × 19 1/2 in.)