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Child's Two-Piece Suit

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

ca. 1910

GUSN

GUSN-11493

Description

White linen jacket; sailor collar with embroidered scalloped edges and openwork leaves; four buttons in center front placket; band collar dickey, button closure in back, fastened to jacket with two buttons; self belt with loops and two button tab; long sleeves gathered at shoulders and pleated to cuff; matching knickers have side plackets; six buttonholes in waist; open crotch and elasticized hem.

Details

Descriptive Terms

suits (main garments)
embroidering
linen (material)
openwork
scalloping
Suit
Suit

Additional Identification Number

WHS 92-73

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Gift of Weston Historical Society

Accession Number

1993.190

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