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. There are two evenly spaced rows of embroidery on each front piece as well as embroidery on the buttonhole band. The block used to produce the meandering vine with leaves and flowers measures 3 ¼ by 1 ¼ inches. A second block applied 1/8 inch circles as flower centers. The circle block and a third block, measuring ½ by ¾ inches, were used to stamp the flowers on the collar and cuffs. The curved lower part of the gown is edged with a narrow piece of fabric that is in turn edged with a row of scalloped buttonhole stitches. At one point on this strip, the stamped lines show clearly under the embroidery. 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 cover 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.T10864
label: catalog number
content: T10864.000
label: accession number
content: 186730
objectType: label: Object Name
content: embroidery
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 45 1/2 in; 115.57 cm