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1830
GUSN-15358
A young boy's wrapper made from roller printed cotton in a floral pattern of sprigs and bunches of flowers with red branches on a red and brown picotage ground. The gown is made like an adult banyan, with a squared neck and cartridge pleats set into it to form a soft, shawl collar. It is fully lined in a cotton printed in a small allover pattern of flowers.
wrappers (garments)
block printing (relief printing process)
calico
cotton (textile)
stitching
linen (material)
printing (process)
rolling up
floral patterns
Children's clothing
Cotton
Linen
Calico
Hand Stitched
Transfer Printed
Sprig
GOWN, DRESSING
Unknown
Gift of Margaret L. Platt
1991.99
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