Tea gown of black cotton batiste with high band neckline and yoke of tulle lace
- Title
- Tea gown of black cotton batiste with high band neckline and yoke of tulle lace
- LC Subject
- main garments
- Donor
- McCrady, D. H., Mrs.
- Description
- Tea gown of black cotton batiste with high band neckline and yoke of tulle lace; short sleeves of black batiste and 3/4 sleeves of lace; bodice has vertical tucks at center-front and back; embroidered bands at front sides; long slim skirt has train; gently fitted; bodice is lined in black silk.
- Motif
- Floral; Art Nouveau
- Work Type
- dresses (garments)
- Location
- United States
- Date
- 1900/1909
- Identifier
- 1900.006.036
- Rights
- In Copyright
- License
- Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Material
- Cotton Batiste; Silk
- Technique
- High, standing collar; Train; Tulle lace; Open-work insertions
- Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Primary Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Institution
- Oregon State University
- Note
- Edwardian style tea dress or day dress.Made with cotton batiste and silk on the inside bodice; lace on the neck and sleeves.Dress includes factory and hand stitching indicating it was bought from a store and then worked on by hand. White thread and equal stitching on the inside of the dress indicates that there was a possible addition on the inside of the dress that was removed.Dress includes small train, high neck of lace, double sleeves with part batiste part lace, slim hip silhouette and less boning, placing it in the later half of the decade (c. 1906-1908)
