Shirt
- Object Name:
- Shirt
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.431
- Date:
- 1835-1845
- Description:
- Shirt or blouse, boy's. Brown and blue checked, window-pane stripes. White cotton muslin lined throughout. Pleated onto yoke, front and back with bias cording around yoke and armholes and neck. Pleated into waistband. Fine braid on edges of short sleeves. Drawstring waist. Small cut steel buttons down front and around waistband, eight on waistband, down front opening. Machine sewn. Starched.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton
Steel - Dimensions:
- L-10.5 inches
- 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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