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Child's Bodice

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1840-1850

GUSN

GUSN-54095

Description

Cream-colored stiffened cotton; broad neckline trimmed with narrow border of sheer cotton with scalloped edge and row of leaves; shirred and smocked V-shaped front; rounded point at waist; boned; short sleeves trimmed with cream satin rosette; piping at neck, armseye and waist; shirred back with hook and eye closure; white cotton lining.

Details

Descriptive Terms

bodices
cotton (textile)
Bodice
Bodice

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. C.B. Wilkinson

Accession Number

1945.422

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