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Ivory lace bed jacket with kimono style elbow length sleeves. The short jacket has a simple stand up collar and no front closures. The cuffs of the sleeves, collar, and bottom hem have scalloped edges. The lace has a floral and leaf pattern. The lace is joined together by strands of beige thread. The beige thread creates patterns at the center of the leaves and flowers.
bed jackets
lace (needlework)
Jacket, Bed
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
P896
Unknown
43 5/16 (W) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.1316
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