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Shirt
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Entirely hand-stitched shirt made of Dobbie figured cotton. Wide neckline. Piping and a shallow yoke with a printed band across the bottom. The band also forms a waistband, cuffs, and trim down the front opening of the skirt and along the top of the hem. The bodice is gathered fully onto yoke front and back with a full short skirt. Full sleeves have piped armscye. Six buttonholes with corresponding eyelets for removable buttons.
G2000.062
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
Child, Male
Historic Costume
Shirt
Male
Cotton
White
Dobbie figured cotton
1850 - 1860
American
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