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1860-1869
GUSN-73549
White linen short chemise; broad neckline and cap sleeves with embroidered scalloped edges and narrow row of white openwork embroidery; yoke gathered front and back.
chemises (underwear)
embroidering
linen (material)
monograms
Chemise
Chemise
1. ""SFB"" embroidered in white at center of yoke. 2. Handwritten separate piece of paper in file, in script -""Chemises of Mere Cote/marked S.F.B.""
Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),
Unknown
Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.5180
Title CHEMISE Accession Number 1969.5171
Title CHEMISE Accession Number 1969.5179
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