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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

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