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Nightgown

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Ankle length nightgown of heavy cotton calico, buttoning up front placket into squarish, flat neckline, with saddle yoke, and vertically tucked front yoke. Long, wide sleeves, finished with cuffs of eyelet embroidery. Inked on inside of placket: Barrows

G2025.29.024

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Historic Costume

Nightgown

Female

circa 1898

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