Shirt
- Object Name:
- Shirt
- Object ID:
- 2017.014.062
- Date:
- 1843-1855
- Description:
- Shirts, baby's, cotton. Set of three similar shirts. With note: "3 Baby shirts / Gr. Cilley made / between 1843 - / 1855 / Gr. Cilleys collar". (Note shared with 2017.014.063)
1. Cream-colored shirt, open at back. Straight sides with short sleeves sticking straight out, rounded join underneath. Same color lace frills around sleeves and collar.
2. Same as 1 above, but narrower body, and smaller lace frills.
3. Same as 2 above, but shorter body, and the back closes more. - Material:
- Textile
Cotton - Provenance:
- Part of the Ethel Cilley Stone Collection, consisting of objects, documents, photographs, and memorabilia related to James Stone (1780-1874) and his wife Mary East Beard Stone (1791-1875) of Dunbarton; their son Captain Andrew J. Stone (1828-1864) of Dunbarton, California, etc.; Wesley Page Stone (1833-1916) and his wife Alice Patten Cilley (1849-1934) of Dunbarton; and their daughter, schoolteacher and family historian Ethel Cilley Stone (1884-1981) of Dunbarton and Goffstown.
The collection descended to Ethel Cilley Stone. After her death, the bulk of her estate passed to her minister, Rev. Graham T. Rowley (1932-2012) of Goffstown, then to his children, the donors. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Daniel T. Rowley and Elizabeth A. Rowley
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