1835-1850
GUSN-11140
An ankle-length dressing gown with a jewel neckline that opens center front with 13 glass buttons for a "princess" cut. it has long sleeves that are very full at the top and taper to the wrist; it is fashioned in an overall rose pattern print in red, blue, tan and brown. It is lined with red cotton at the front panels, brown on white diaper cotton print at the back badice and cotton plaid on the back skirt.
dressing gowns
cotton (textile)
printing (process)
floral patterns
Cotton
Transfer Printed
Floral
GOWN, DRESSING
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
54 (H) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1992.470
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