ANTIQUE VICTORIAN CHRISTENING GOWN

Description

THIS AMAZING CHRISTENING GOWN WAS USED FIRST IN THE 1870'S THAN AGAIN IN 1904. IT WAS THEN STORED UNTIL 2018. THE GOWN IS 43" LONG FROM SHOULDER TO HEM. THE WIDTH ACROSS CHEST IS 12". AS SEEN IN THE PICTURES THERE IS A PROFUSING OF FINE PIN TUCKING AND IILOT. THE BACK CLOSING IS TINY MOTHER OF PEARL BUTTONS. THERE IS A REPAIR ON THE BACK SKIRT THAT WAS STITCHED AND ALSO A TINY HOLE NEAR THE REPAIR. OTHER THEN THE MENTIONED REPAIRS THE GOWN SEEMS VERY STURDY. IT IS ALL COTTON.