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Bed Jacket

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1865-1879

GUSN

GUSN-880

Description

White cotton; small pointed collar with embroidered scalloped edge; six vertical tucks on either side of front; three small mother-of-pearl buttons down center front; long sleeves gathered to two-button cuffs with embroidered scalloped edges.

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

1969.6456

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