Ankle length ivory lace wrap style dressing gown with black lace trim around the collar. The wrap has thirteen rows of shirring on each shoulder and gathers in the front and back panels at the waist. The left front panel has a random red thread tucked into the gathers at the waist. The center and back panels have a floral lace pattern. The sides and bottom hems are trimmed with ivory net. The wrap is open at the front and along both sides. The front lace panels are slightly shorter than the back panel. The back panel of the wrapper is one large piece of lace with two holes cut into the back center at the waist.
dressing gowns
lace (needlework)
Gown, Dressing
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
P901
Unknown
31 8/16 (W) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.1321
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