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Child's Bodice

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

ca. 1840

GUSN

GUSN-29456

Description

Blue bodice with a collar and yoke trimmed with blue cord; box pleats along bodice; long sleeves pleated at wrist and shoulder with two buttons at each shoulder; seven gilt stamped buttons along front with hook and eye beneath; seven buttons around waist; lined with cotton.

Details

Descriptive Terms

bodices
silk (textile)
taffeta
wool (textile)
Bodice
Bodice

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Laura Norcross Marrs

Accession Number

1922.300

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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