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Pajamas

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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1940-1950

GUSN

GUSN-13384

Description

Brick red silk or rayon; Top (A) - standing band collar, center front placket closure, cuffs and pocket flap and hem trimmed with pink piping; long sleeves; patch pocket on right front; floral wreath embroidered in pink silk on right front above pocket; closure of four frogs (should be five - one is missing); Pants (B) - matching pants; yoke at front; gathered at back with elastic; straight legs are cut very full, snap closure at left side.

Details

Descriptive Terms

pajamas
embroidering
rayon
silk (textile)
Pajamas
Pajamas

Inscription

Woven label on collar of pajama top: ""MADE IN JAPAN"" Snaps on pants ""500 *""

Additional Identification Number

1990.365A-B

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

Japan

Credit Line

Gift of Richard Thornton Fisher, Anne Fisher Tatlock, Faith Fisher Forbes, Charles Paine Fisher and John Bryant Fisher

Accession Number

1990.365AB

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