'Empire gown and child's dress trimmed with Valenciennes lace', 1804, (1937). The Emire line was a high waistline, often worn in white to denote high social status. From "History of American Costume - Book One 1607-1800", by Elisabeth McClellan. [Tudor Publishing Company, New York, 1937]

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