Infant Diaper Cover

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Collection Type

Clothing and accessories

Date

1870-1880

GUSN

GUSN-15034

Description

Cream; drawstring waistband with one covered button (one button missing); side seams edged with tape with three covered buttons on one side; two covered buttons and one buttonhole on other; lower edge has five buttonholes; leg openings have embroidered scalloped edge.

Details

Descriptive Terms

diapers (underwear)
stitching
wool (textile)
Cover, Diaper
Cover, Diaper

Inscription

Embroidery on waistband in red thread: ""O"" ?

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.5732

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