Nightgown

Museum number:
2-63484
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020063484
Alternate number:
3977 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
Nightgown. White plain weave linen long gown with wide square neck and tiny short sleeves. Y-shaped front yoke closing with four ribbon ties. Front and back. Materials: Linen Techniques: Plain weave Colors: White Dimensions: 41” long center back; 38” hem on double Remarks: Same laundry mark information as 3976. Good condition, 2” hem hand embroidered machine sewn. Hooe center front underarm mended.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
United States
Verbatim coll. place:
U.S.A
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Materials:
Linen (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Nightgowns
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Nightgown, accession number 2-63484, described as Nightgown. White plain weave linen long gown with wide square neck and tiny short sleeves. Y-shaped front yoke closing with four ribbon ties. Front and back. Materials: Linen Techniques: Plain weave Colors: White Dimensions: 41” long center back; 38” hem on double Remarks: Same laundry mark information as 3976. Good condition, 2” hem hand embroidered machine sewn. Hooe center front underarm mended.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Nightgown, accession number 2-63484, described as Nightgown. White plain weave linen long gown with wide square neck and tiny short sleeves. Y-shaped front yoke closing with four ribbon ties. Front and back. Materials: Linen Techniques: Plain weave Colors: White Dimensions: 41” long center back; 38” hem on double Remarks: Same laundry mark information as 3976. Good condition, 2” hem hand embroidered machine sewn. Hooe center front underarm mended.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Nightgown, accession number 2-63484, described as Nightgown. White plain weave linen long gown with wide square neck and tiny short sleeves. Y-shaped front yoke closing with four ribbon ties. Front and back. Materials: Linen Techniques: Plain weave Colors: White Dimensions: 41” long center back; 38” hem on double Remarks: Same laundry mark information as 3976. Good condition, 2” hem hand embroidered machine sewn. Hooe center front underarm mended.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Nightgown, accession number 2-63484, described as Nightgown. White plain weave linen long gown with wide square neck and tiny short sleeves. Y-shaped front yoke closing with four ribbon ties. Front and back. Materials: Linen Techniques: Plain weave Colors: White Dimensions: 41” long center back; 38” hem on double Remarks: Same laundry mark information as 3976. Good condition, 2” hem hand embroidered machine sewn. Hooe center front underarm mended.

Tools