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Historic Costume | Fine and Decorative Arts

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Sweater

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Infant’s sweater or 'waistcoat' made of hand-knit cotton. Simple straight body with medium-length tubular sleeves. Scoop neck. A band of diagonally divided squares with different textures runs along the front opening, down the back, and along the middle of the sleeve both front and back. Diamond grid border along the hem. No closure. Very small.

G2008.054

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Infant

Historic Costume

Waistcoat

Unisex

Cotton

Cream

1790

American

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