LINGERIE SET

Creator(s):

Currently in storage

About this object

Nightgown - side closure left side front, decorative lace at top and bottom with artwork and embroidery in the satin, machine worked embroidery. Short sleeved bed jacket of same materials, center front detail - front of garment alternates front and back side of fabric to create a decorative pattern (rayed) to the center, two embroidered birds have hanging ribbons from beaks, garment edged in 1 inch lace. Pants - same material with one shell butoon closure, same detail

Object name:

LINGERIE SET

Made from:

silk satin -- lace (Brussels) -- shell buttons

Made in:

Brussels, Belgium

Date made:

May 27, 1939

Size:

nightgown - shoulder to hem - L. 40 in., hem Circ. 68 in.; bed jacket - should to hem L. 16 in., Circ. 40 in.; pants - L. 17 in., Circ. 48 in.

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

2014.12.8.1-3

Signature marks:

Credit line:

Gift of Mia Grosjean, 2014, which she received from her mother Emlen Knight Davies.