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Chemise

Object Name:
Chemise
Object ID:
1967.063.16
Date:
1857-1870
Description:
Chemise or nightgown. White linen plainweave, tatted picot edge on neck and sleeves. Gathered front and back to plain band, cap-like sleeves with two buttons on each shoulder. Written in ink on front near sleeve, "M. H. S. Page" (Mary Hodgdon Sawyer Paige, b. Henniker, N.H., 1835-1917). Handsewn.
Material:
Textile
Linen
Provenance:
Mary Hodgdon Sawyer Page (1833-1917), Henniker, NH and Danvers, MA.
Credit Line:
Gift of Ruth A. Woodbury and Dorcas L. Woodbury
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