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Shirt
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Entirely hand-stitched shirt made of fine linen. Very long tails, square vents with gussets. Fine hem. Wide, square shirt bosom of finer linen. Wide placket with exquisite topstitching. Body gathered into the collar. Triangular topstitched gussets at neck and wide shoulder reinforcement from armscye to bosom. Medium height standing collar with seam in back. The packet extends up into what should be the front ends of the collar. One buttonhole is at the top of the placket and another at the bottom corner of the collar where it meets the placket. One remaining of two MOP buttons. Beautifully gathered, gusseted sleeved ending in cuffs remodeled to have a curved edge. MOP button at the base of the cuff.
G97.071
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
Adult, Male
Historic Costume
Shirt
Male
Linen
White
1830 - 1850
New York
United States of America
North America