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Dressing Jacket

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Entirely hand-stitched dressing jacket made of plain white cotton. Sleeves modestly fuller at top with deep underarm gussets; narrow into cuffs with self frills and a fancy pearl button at the base; dropped, piped armscyes; one more button at the neck; deep frill at neck; body made of straight pieces like a shirt; gathered into neck but no side vents; gusset at the side of the neck and a narrow reinforcement band along the shoulder seam.

G2010.091

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Adult, Female

Historic Costume

Shirt

Female

Cotton

White

1820 - 1825

American

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