White sheer cotton; white floral lace band around neck; wide collar with white silk floral embroidery and edged with lace ruffle; body gathered to yoke; two mother-of-pearl buttons at yoke; bands of lace on either side of front opening, at center back and around hem; three rows of tucks above hem; bell-shaped sleeves gathered at shoulder, edged with lace; tucked tab on underside of sleeves trimmed with double ruffle of lace.
bed jackets
cotton (textile)
embroidering
silk (textile)
Jacket, Bed
Jacket, Bed
Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),
Unknown
Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.6453
Title Bed Jacket Accession Number 1969.6455
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