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Historic Costume | Fine and Decorative Arts

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Slip

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Entirely machine-stitched slip made of white cotton. Machine-embroidered edging around yoke and on ruffled hem. The shoulders are each secured with pearl buttons, all different.

2003.027.3

Genesee Country Village and Museum

Youth

Undergarment

Historic Costume

Slip

Unisex

Cotton

Cream

1890 - 1910

24 in

28 in

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