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Nightgown

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

ca. 1861

GUSN

GUSN-801

Description

White linen; pointed collar trimmed with embroidered scalloped edges and white floral embroidery; V-shaped pleated yoke with four bands of embroidery; yoke square in back; four buttons concealed under long embroidered flap; piped armscye; long full sleeves gathered at shoulder; one button wrist with embroidered turned-back cuff.

Details

Descriptive Terms

nightgowns
embroidering
linen (material)
monograms
Nightgown
Nightgown

Inscription

""SFB"" embroidered in white with red at base of placket.

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.5376

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