Blouse

Object Name:

Blouse

Object ID:

1998.024.06

Place of Origin:

Concord, NH

Date:

circa 1830

Description:

Bedjacket. Garment made of cotton damask, white on white with a woven leaf pattern. Long gigot sleeves with button (shell) cuff closure (one button missing). Blouse has five button front closure, all on upper .25 of the front opening. There is eyelet trim and piping. Two handwritten marks on blouse: under the right sleeve exterior, "Sarah W. Fisk No 3-", and on the front interior, "FP _a_y ___ [sui]t".
Handwritten note pinned to article (removed to accession folder): "This looks like a maternity waist. It is hand sewn everywhere and the fashion of the yoke looks to my inexpert 'eye' like the 1840s. My grandmother was married in 1849 & had a miscarriage (before FPD was born in 1861) - ?? F.D.S." (FPD refers to Frances Fisk Perry Dudley)

Material:

Textile
Cotton

Provenance:

From the home of Dr. William Gilman Perry, Exeter, NH. Family note: "This looks like a maternity waist...1840's" "Sarah W. Fisk".

Credit Line:

Gift of Henry B. Shepard, Jr., Anne S. Bullis, and G. Dudley Shepard

People:

Fisk, Sarah W. (1814-1882)