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Child’s Dress and Slip

Curated Submission
Place
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Date
Circa 1890
DIMENSIONS in centimetres
55.5 x 50.5
Materials & techniques
Cotton; Hand-sewn, embroidered, gathered, lace
Credit
Gift of Anne Angus
ID
Textile Museum of Canada T95.0335

This enchanting dress and slip was worn by the donor, Anne Angus, who was born December 8, 1932, and before that by her mother, Helena Winsor Pepall, born January 29, 1891, who was from a distinguished New England family that traces its roots back to the Mayflower. It is hand-sewn and embroidered with a scalloped hem and neck edge, embellished with embroidered flowers and French knots. The delicate sleeves are edged with lace. The simple slip has a lace hem and two mother-of-pearl buttons on each shoulder.

Information courtesy of Bill Angus and Helen Pepall Bradfield.

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A small, slightly yellowed white dress with lace trim at the sleeves and neckline and embroidered flowers and French knots on the chest.
Photo: Gift of Anne Angus
Young Anne Angus wearing the dress, standing in front of laundry in the backyard of a house.
Photo of donor, Anne Angus, wearing the dress, circa 1934, in the backyard of her family home at 15 Whitney Avenue in Rosedale, Toronto. Photo: Image courtesy of Anne Angus
A mother and father pose for a portrait surrounded by their four children, all dressed in white.
Photo of Anne’s mother, Helena Winsor Pepall (born 1891), at the extreme left of the photo, reclining against her mother. Her father is at the back, the others are the eldest (and firstborn) daughter Anita (born 1889), brother George (born 1890), and baby Mary (born 1893). Photo: Image courtesy of Anne’s sister, Helen Pepall Bradfield
 
           

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