Shirt
- Object Name:
- Shirt
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.470 a-b
- Date:
- circa 1880
- Description:
- Shirt and jacket, child's. Heavy, white, waffle weave cotton jacket with fine hamburg or Whitework insertion and edging around collar, at bottom of sleeves, and down front and around bottom of jacket and up back ~8". Peplum. Four pearl buttons down jacket front. Two pockets also with hamburg insertion and edging. Shirt to match with hamburg insertion and two rows of ruffled hamburg edging.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton
Mother-of-Pearl - Provenance:
- Collected by the donor's sister, Marion L. Cass (1894-1963). Miss Cass developed the collection around a core of the personal possessions of her mother, Lillie M. (Wilson) Cass (1867-1951), and added objects passed down in neighboring Haverhill, NH, families. Later, while living and working in Littleton, NH, she devoted her spare time to expanding her collection, eventually representing over a century of changes in clothing and accessory styles.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Merwin P. Cass
- Subjects:
- Children's clothing and dress, Clothing and dress
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