| Description | 1800's-style dressing gown with inset cotton vest lining and closure. Weft of fabric is rust and black, warp is black with brown/copper appearance. Front yoke 1/8" deep pintucks, 3/8" apart. 19 pintucks on each side of center front. Topstitching is maroon thread. 4 pintucks run from bustpoint down to knee of gown. "V" neckline at front. Neckline has 1/2" wide beaded and sequin ribbon running around neck. Placket closure from bottom of neckline. "V" runs down to about navel level. Closure includes 4 hooks and eyes, top half of placket. Bottom of yoke is bordered with 3/4" wide fabric ribbon, topstitched into angled design, including a diamond shape at bustpoint. Inside of diamond shape is filled with 3" h x 1.5" w beaded (clear) and sequin (silver and/or pink) pattern. Yoke pintucks are "released" at bottom edge of fabric ribbon decoration. Sleeves full and gathered at cap. Sleeve decoration includes: Fabric ribbon around circumference of arm, just below elbow, crossing, turning up to a diamond shape above elbow. Diamond filled in with bead and sequin pattern |
| pintucks at lower edge of fabric ribbon, 1" in length to new seam, released at upper edge of fabric ribbon, going upward |
| just below new seam is 1/2" wide pattern of beading and sequins, running around circumference of sleeve. Two rows of pleated ruffles, top row 2" wide, under row 4" wide, ending mid-forearm. Under bottom sleeve ruffle-silk (green) pleated ruffle, hemmed. 3.25" above hemline at bottom of gown, are 4 more pintucks, 3/8" apart. Back of gown: 41 pin tucks: divided, facing center-back in shoulder yoke area, as long as 6" long, released into bodice back |
| 10 of the pin tucks pressed toward center back and captured in a diamond fabric ribbon (no beadwork) at center mid-back of gown, causing a cinching effect to bring in fullness of gown. Bottom ribbons of diamond continue in horizontal lines to side seams, appearing to create a belt for gown. The 10 captured, pressed lines are finally released at bottom of fabric ribbon decoration at center-back. A new 1" wide fabric ribbon is topstitched at knee height, parallel to hemline, starting at side front (next to knee), traveling around back of gown, ending at knee on other side. The ribbon pattern begins and ends at each knee with a 4" h. x 3" w. diamond shape, no beadwork fill. At bottom edge of knee-high fabric ribbon, starting at side seam are 2.5"-3" long pinticks, 1/2" apart, covering back half of gown, perpendicular to the floor. |
| Type | Physical Object |
| Format | Image |
| Identifier | BCM2019-1118 |
| Rights | Brigham Young University-Idaho Special Collections |
| Is Part Of | Bingham County Museum Collection |
| Temporal Coverage | 1800's |
| Rights Holder | Bingham County Museum |
| Classification | Apparel |
