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Child's Nightshirt

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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1830

GUSN

GUSN-15332

Description

White cotton; band collar with button closure; white cotton tape drawstring around chest; long sleeves gathered at shoulder. Monogrammed.

Details

Descriptive Terms

nightshirts
cotton (textile)
stitching
Nightshirt
Nightshirt

Inscription

Monogram embroidered in blue on center of chest: ""J""

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.6338

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