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Chemise

Object Name:
Chemise
Object ID:
1970.044.07
Date:
1890-1900
Description:
Chemise. White cotton muslin. Wide boat neck. Short set-in sleeves. Ric-rac border. All handstitched, typical for trousseau.
Material:
Textile
Cotton
Provenance:
Note from donor: "This costume was embroidered by my mother, Nellie Jane Baker Osgood, in the early 1900s. It was then completed by a dressmaker, since mother did not like, or do, 'plain sewing'."
Credit Line:
Gift of Margaret; Baker Osgood Gault
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