What a delight this gown was to make! In the nineteen years I have been sewing and working with heirloom quality materials, I have not come across lace like this before. It truly is exquisite! I wish I could tell you more about its origin, but I know very little about it other than it is very old lace. The lace is cotton and it is a beautiful shade of buttery ecru. The lace bands are three inches wide as is the matching lace edge on the bottom. In between the lace bands are two 4 inch wide bands of pintucks. Each band has seventeen pinktucks on it. The gown is made with white Swiss batiste. Both the front and back yokes have pintucks running vertically with insertion across the bottom edge. The sleeves are long sleeves finished with entredeux beading and gathered two inch wide edging. The christening dress has a Swiss batiste liner to give it fullness. The gown has a finished length of 36 inches. This dress also has a matching T-cap bonnet made with same lace.
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