Shirt
- Object Name:
- Shirt
- Object ID:
- 1967.027.16
- Creator:
- Gordon, Mary (1744-1824)
- Place of Origin:
- Bedford, NH
- Date:
- circa 1779
- Description:
- Shirt, c. 1779. Linen. Wide collar, two threaded buttons at neck closing. Fashioned with fullness at neck edge, sleeves have fullness at upper shoulder, gusset at underarm. Narrow cuffs with threaded buttons. Body of shirt made full width of fabric (one yard) and left with long slits at lower edge.
- Material:
- Textile
Linen - Dimensions:
- W-30 L-44 inches
- Provenance:
- Made by Mary Campbell Gordon (1744-1824) from linen spun from flax raised on the Gordon Farm for her son Josiah Gordon (1763-1824) when he entered the Continental Army in 1779. He later married Jane Walker (1792), the youngest daughter of Dea. Robert Walker.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of the Estate of Charlotte E. Woodbury
- Subjects:
- Revolutionary War, American Revolution
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