Title
Dress
Mediumcotton
Dimensions53 1/2 × 20 in. (135.9 × 50.8 cm)
Object number00.221.259
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionThis is an off-white, cotton, button-down nightgown. There are five working buttons and eleven decorative buttons. The front has six verticle ruched stripes and a ruffled eyelit trim. The cuffs of the sleeves have two ruched stripes and the same ruffled eyelit trim. The collar also has a ruffled eyelit trim and measures 1 1/2". The bottom of the skirt has a 2 3/4" hem. The back of the dress has an extra layer stitched on that forms a "V" shape.On View
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