Ivory silk baby romper. The neckline has a peter pan collar and is edged in a scalloped crochet design. In between the collar is a decorative "tie" which comes down about three and a half inches from the neckline. It too is edged in a scalloped crochet patter and has three pearlized decorative buttons going down the middle. The arms are cuffed and depending on the size of the child would be short or mid-lenghted sleeved. About mid way down the torso there are one belt loop per side. The leg holes flare out just slightly; corners flare out almost as wide are the arms. In between the leg holes there is a three buttoned flap to define the legs. The buttons are plain white with a slight shine. On the back of the romper, at the very top in the center, there are two buttons going down vertically, with about three and a half inch spacing in between.

Created by Penolope Neokos. She was born in Greece in 1899. In later years she came to the United States with her husband Nickolas, also native to Greece, where they became citizens of Illinois. While in American her and her husband lived with her brother along with her two sons (Ernie and John) and their one daughter (Frances).
Would have been worn by her children, which one in particular is unknow but fair to say that this item could have been pasted down and worn by each once the other grew out of it.
Handmade and machine stitched romper was most likely used more for a special occassion due to the fact that it is made of silk. During this period, around WWI, dye and certain marterials were not easly found so something made of silk and with the decortative features that was put onto it would most likely not be woren every day.

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