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Pale yellow silk dressing gown with yellow and gray embroidered floral decoration. The gown has three frog closures with tassels. The neckline is V-shaped. The floral embroidery descends from the shoulders wide and comes to a point at the elbow. The gown has a pale yellow silk lining. The back of the gown is fully embroidered from the neckline to the hem. The entire gown has a bell-like shape-no makers label.
dressing gowns
silk (fiber)
Gown, Dressing
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
P802
Unknown
39 13/16 (W) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.1222
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