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Nightgown

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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1920-1950

GUSN

GUSN-23541

Description

Gold silk nightgown w/ cap sleeve and square neckline. Green and pink embroidery on sleeves and neckline, roses and leaves. Eyelet trim.

Details

Descriptive Terms

nightgowns
embroidering
machine sewing (technique)
silk (textile)
floral patterns
rose (genus)
Silk
Machine Sewn
Embroidered
Rose
NIGHTGOWN

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.1727

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