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Infant Diaper Cover

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1860-1880

GUSN

GUSN-15035

Description

Cream wool; waistband with two covered buttons; side seams edged with tape with three covered buttons on one side; two covered buttons and one buttonhole on opposite side; lower edge (edge between legs) has five buttonholes; leg openings are embroidered and scalloped; drawstring at waist.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Inscription

Embroidery at 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

1969.5729

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