Chemise
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Chemise of ivory silk crepe-de-chine, made as an unshaped tube. Upper edge is sewn with handkerchief hem, then edged with an ecru cotton lace; straps of off-white silk satin ribbon. "ID" is cross-stitched in ivory silk thread at proper left side of neckline. Lower edge has short slit cut in on proper right side, and slit left at bottom of overcast seam on proper left. Hand sewn.
2026.16.004.5
Used by Irene Drury Griffin, supposedly as part of her trousseau.
Genesee Country Village and Museum
Adult, Female
Historic Costume
Undergarment
Chemise
Female
Crepe de chine
Silk
Ivory
1920 - 1925
20th Century
Inscription
ID
Embroidered
29 in
35 in
Griffin, Irene Drury