White sheer cotton; band collar with three narrow ruffles of lace around; six vertical bands of lace at yoke front and back with horizontal band of lace at bottom of square yoke. Piped armscye; long sleeves shirred with two vertical bands of lace; lace ruffle at cuff; eight covered buttons down center front (nine holes). Self waistband with hook & eye closure.
bodices
cotton (textile)
Bodice
Bodice
Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),
Unknown
Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.6093
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