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Chemise

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1860-1869

GUSN

GUSN-797

Description

White linen; broad neckline and cap sleeves trimmed with embroidered scalloped edges and white openwork embroidery; yoke gathered all around.

Details

Descriptive Terms

chemises (underwear)
embroidering
linen (material)
monograms
Chemise
Chemise

Inscription

""SFB"" embroidered in white with red at center of yoke.

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.5367

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