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1982.9.2

ID Number: 1982.9.2
Category: Personal Artifacts
Sub-category: clothing - outerwear
Item Name: nightgown
Materials: TEXTILE, COTTON
Description: White cotton; high, rounded neckline; front opening from neck to waist fastens with 7 buttons and a hidden placket; then a false placket to the hem; many small vertical tucks run from shoulders and neck to hem; also one vertical band of whitework on each side; placket has same whitework band from neck to hem, is edged with scalloped trim; same trim edges the cuffs; eyelet scalloped trim around neck; long sleeves sewn smoothly to bodice at shoulders; 2 bands of same trim above the 4 tucks which are above the cuffs; back is one piece; machine and handsewn; side seams with small triangular gussets at hem; shoulders were raised and sleeves shortened using hand stitches.
History: This was a wedding nightgown belonging to Mary Ann Horn (donor's maternal grandmother), who married David McCullock of North Dakota on March 14, 1883, in Elma, Ontario. Mary Ann moved to St. Mary's, Ontario, after she had been married for about 21 years.
Collection Name: Museum Windsor
Subject (Fre): Y

Subjects

McCullock, Mary Anne (nee Horn) person

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