Chemisette
Object/Artifact
White hand stitched medium weight cotton. Front opening with Dorset thread buttons. Wide scoop neckline piped and edged with machine embroidered cartwheel edging. Piped armscyes with short puffed sleeves finished with embroidered insertion ‘cuff’ and same edging as neckline. 1 1/4” waistband with “Hannah T. Colony” inked near opening. 4 bust darts in front, each with whalebone. Drawstring through neckline, and 3” cord loop hangs down from center back.
G96.059
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
1860 - 1865
User Age: Child Gender: Female
American
chemisette
girl
child
hand stitched
cotton
Dorset thread buttons
Dorset
embroidered
embroidery
Colony
whalebone