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Child's Underwaist

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1860-1890

GUSN

GUSN-15153

Description

White; neckline and short, puffed sleeves trimmed with scalloped embroidered edge; yoke; blouson front and back; five pearl buttons at back; three pairs of white glass buttons at waistband (one button missing).

Details

Descriptive Terms

shirts
linen (material)
stitching
machine-made
Undershirt
Undershirt

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.5759

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