Sally Mondron Company
Emma Christening Gown
- Emma Christening Gown features:
- High yolk
- White on white machine embroideries with insertion laces
- French ruffle with cottom lace edging
- Alice bonnet is shown above the gown and has the same cotton lace edging
This gown is loosely based on Chloe’s gown. The sample is made of Imperial Batiste (a 35% cotton 65% dacron blend) but all future gowns will be made in a natural fabric fabric such as 100% cotton batiste or Swiss 100% cotton nelona. This gown measures 32” in length. It features a high yolk with lace trim and lace around the neckline. The yolk is lined. The front of the skirt features 5 white on white embroideries that are each approximately 4 ˝” square. They are outlined with cotton insertion lace. The full skirt (84” fullness) is finished with a self fabric ruffle that is edged with lace trim. The gathered short sleeves are trimmed with lace and have a machine embroidered ladder stitch that contains a narrow satin ribbon to control the fullness at the sleeve bottom. The matching A line slip is trimmed with lace at its bottom.
Prices generally range in the $235 to $300 range for 100% cotton batiste gowns depending on embroideries and laces. Gowns made of 100% linen will cost approximately $100 more.
- Detail of the white on white machine embroidery with cotton insertion laces and fabric ruffle with lace edging.
- Detail on an Emma variation showing a row of insertion lace and wide lace at the bottom of the skirt instead of the self fabric ruffle.
- Detail of another variation with larger white on white embroideries and a fancy band consisting of 3 rows of insertion laces ending with wider lace at the bottom of the gown.
- Close up showing machine entredeux stitching on both sides of the insertion lace.