White cotton with woven pattern of vertical stripes alternating with rows of diamond shapes. Narrow band collar with buttonholes at center back and left and right front. Four small white buttons down center front. Pleated bib front. Long sleeves with French cuffs.
shirts
cotton (textile)
stitching
Shirt
Shirt
1) Woven label inside collar (black lettering on white silk) - upper left - ""Trade"", diagonally across center - ""Manhattan"" - Lower right corner ""Mark"". 2) Woven label inside collar (red letters on white silk): ""H.C."" placed directly below label #1. 3) Black Ink stamp (inside collar): ""14 2 CW 1 1/2"" (2 after 14 is raised up). 4) Black ink stamp (lower left shirt tail): ""Pomfret 4-2/14 2 x 33 (2 raised up)/33850""
Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),
Unknown
Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.7216
New York state (United States)
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