80.91.8
Gown, Baptismal
1885
Material: textile and shell. Size: 35 1/2" W. x 35" L. Description: white cotton trimmed with white lace - rounded neckline edged with narrow band of white scalloped embroidered eyelet - small eyelet V-shaped bodice yoke edged with narrow eyelet ruffle back and front - long skirt gathered to high bodice yoke - eighteen narrow pintucks encircle lower area of dress above a 7" W. scalloped embroidered eyelet ruffle at hemline - long set-in sleeves - six narrow pintucks encircle lower edges of sleeves - sleeve edge finished with narrow eyelet ruffle - closure at back neckline with two white buttons and buttonholes.
Dress worn by Marian Lorenz's grandfather Louis O. Foring in 1885