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Bed Jacket

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1865-1879

GUSN

GUSN-871

Description

White cotton, hip-length; smnall pointed collar trimmed with embroidered scalloped band; three graduated groups of vertical tucks on upper front; three buttons in upper body; right placket trimmed as collar and featherstitched; long sleeves gathered to cuff trimmed as collar.

Details

Descriptive Terms

bed jackets
embroidering
linen (material)
Jacket, Bed
Jacket, Bed

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.5784

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