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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

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