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Chemise

Object Name:
Chemise
Object ID:
1949.022.05
Date:
1873
Description:
Wedding Chemise, 1873. White cotton plainweave. Hand embroidered edging. Square neckline and very short puffed sleeves banded with hand-embroidered eyelet edging. Rows of machine-stitched vertical tucking at yoke. Front closing has two buttons and eyelets or a collar button at upper edge.
Material:
Textile
Provenance:
Wedding chemise of Mrs. John K. Lord of Hanover, NH. She was Emma Fuller Pomeroy (1848-1931), married 1873.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Children of Mr. and Mrs. John K. Lord
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