Nightgown
name: label: maker
content: Norris, Phebe Smith
notes: label: Description
content: White on white embroidered cotton nightgown with center front opening with buttons and buttonholes down the entire length. The pattern repeats about twenty-five times in the 51 inches between the neckline and the bottom hem, illustrating the advantage of using a block to stamp the design. The block used to print the primary pattern measures 2 5/8 by 1 3/8 inches. A matching row of embroidery curves along the edge of each front piece. The stamping and stitching were done before the gown was assembled. The stitches are eyelet, satin, and buttonhole. The eyelet stitches require first a hole to be made in the fabric and then satin stitches completely covering the edge of the opening. The blocks and nightgown were owned by Phebe Smith Norris (1804-1890), the donors’ great-grandmother.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: made at
content: United States
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Victorian Needlework
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Miss Edna Plummer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T10865
label: catalog number
content: T10865.000
label: accession number
content: 186730
objectType: label: Object Name
content: embroidery
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 50 in; 127 cm