White cotton embroidered with white stylized flowers with pink silk lining; wide "Bertha" collar with lace ruffle; lace rosette at neck front; bell shaped 3/4 length sleeves with lace ruffle and narrow tucks, center front opening trimmed with lace ruffle, reveals pink silk lining; three bands of tucks and lace ruffles at hem; pleated silk dust ruffle over hook and eye at neck.
dressing gowns
cotton (textile)
embroidering
silk (textile)
Gown, Dressing
Gown, Dressing
Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),
Unknown
Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.5238
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