Infant Diaper Cover

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Collection Type

Clothing and accessories

Date

1860-1880

GUSN

GUSN-15036

Description

Cream wool; drawstring waistband with two covered buttons; side seams edged with tape with three covered buttons on one side and two covered buttons and one buttonhole on the other; lower edge has five buttonholes; leg openings have embroidered and 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

1969.5730

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