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Baby's white cambric jacket. Made by Belgian refugee nuns in Newport, Gwent, during the First World War. With open front and long sleeves. Inside the left front is a white cotton machine made label embroidered with the name ‘PRITCHARD’ in navy blue thread. The label is sewn on by hand. Single mother of pearl button fastening at the neck with a loop made with button hole stitches.

Made from white cotton lawn, in three main pieces, a back and two fronts, seams at the sides. Sleeves each made in one piece with a plain under arm seam, fold back cuffs are added to the ends of each sleeve with lines of drawn thread work on the a-joining seam and underside cuff seam. The edges of the cuffs are trimmed to a scalloped shape and embroidered in button-hole stitch and satin stitch using white thread. A fold down collar with rounded corners. Seams are finished by rolling each edge back and overstitching it, then creating a line of drawn thread work to make a detail of the seam. The collar, fronts and hem are trimmed and embroidered in the same way as the cuffs. There is also additional white embroidered and cut worked flowers and leaves along these edges. The stitching is done in a loosely S plied white cotton thread. All construction stitching is done by hand using 3 S plied white cotton thread.