Body
Europeana Fashion — Amsterdam Museum

Body

Unknown artist

Fashion Illustration
CC0 — Public Domain
Europeana Fashion — Amsterdam Museum

Body for a baby, made of thin white cotton. Straight front and two rounded back parts, which are sewn over the front part of the body. Middle front decorated with interlacing and machine lace. The bottom edge is trimmed with an entre-deux or interlace with a pink satin ribbon threaded through. Neck, armholes, decorated front and hem trimmed with machine lace. Closed in the middle back with a mother of pearl button and ribbon. The bodice was meant to make the baby look beautiful.

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