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Shirt

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Entirely hand-stitched shirt made of Dobbie figured cotton. Wide neckline. Piping and a shallow yoke with a printed band across the bottom. The band also forms a waistband, cuffs, and trim down the front opening of the skirt and along the top of the hem. The bodice is gathered fully onto yoke front and back with a full short skirt. Full sleeves have piped armscye. Six buttonholes with corresponding eyelets for removable buttons.

G2000.062

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Child, Male

Historic Costume

Shirt

Male

Cotton

White

Dobbie figured cotton

1850 - 1860

American

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