Godey's Lady's Book 1852

Figure 4 - an infant's robe intended for great occasions, as it would be quite too expensive in the getting up for the daily routine of nursery life. The skirt is of fine French cambric, very full and long, and ornamented only by several narrow tucks near the hem. The corsage has a small basque attached, which is quite a novelty in an infants robe. This, as well as the sleeves, is finished with narrow tucks, and a very fine edging of needlework. The richly embroidered insertion of which the waist is composed is beautifully given in our cut, the front of the corsage being inclosed by insertion placed en tablier, or lengthwise. The broad cambric strings are intended to tie sash-wise. This is not the christening-robe of which we spoke in our last, being, elegant as it is, far inferior.

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