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Bed Jacket

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1890-1900

GUSN

GUSN-878

Description

White cotton; round collar trimmed with wide eyelet ruffle, also forming jabot at center front; four small mother-of-pearl buttons center front; body gathered to yoke with lace insert; triple pleats at center back; long bell-shaped sleeves trimmed with wide eyelet ruffle.

Details

Descriptive Terms

bed jackets
cotton (textile)
embroidering
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

1969.6454

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