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Infant Shirt
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Fine hand-stitched diamond-patterned linen toweling. Wide flaring shape, elbow-length tubular sleeves finished with narrow lace. A double row of lace insertion at the shoulder. Drawstring in the casing around the neck.
G2002.028
Used by children of Elizabeth Caroline Wheeler (1842-1933) and William Charles Gardiner (1842-1903), m. 1863
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
Youth
Historic Costume
Pinafore
Unisex
Linen
White
1855 - 1875
American
Western New York
New York
United States of America
North America