As you may know, women began to wear nightgowns, that is, long loosely fitting garments with long sleeves, sometime in the 19th century. Before that time, their shift was an all purpose article of clothing, worn next to the skin, upon which all other clothing was donned in layers. The greater availability of (especially cotton) cloth gave rise to the use of a greater variety of garments that had specific uses.

This white cotton nightgown and matching night cap are trimmed with eyelet lace and either warm yellow or blue silk ribbon. They will fit many (12-14" tall) such as our 1/5 scale dolls. If you want my advice about fit, please send your doll's height, shoulder & waist circumference, and arm length. Of course, you may return any unused garments that do not fit your doll.

Even though dolls have been played with by children since the beginning of time, child safety concerns of our time suggests that our dolls and their clothing have enough small parts to render them unsuitable for children younger than 9 years old.