Shirt
Date1730-1760
OriginEngland
MediumWhite plain-woven linen, linen bobbin lace
DimensionsOW 18" OH 13"
Credit LineGift of Dr. Henry Ginsburg
Object number2004-89
DescriptionInfant's shirt of white linen, trimmed at rounded neckline and edges of cuffs with linen bobbin lace. Shirt is cut in a T shape with full center-front opening. Underarm gussets. The straight sleeves are turned back in cuffs, with a chevron pattern ironed into the cuffs. The shirt is cut with no underarm seams in the body. Very narrow rolled hems at neckline, down center fronts, and at bottom.Label TextThis shirt retains original patterning ironed in during the last laundering for added decoration. Pattern ironing seldom survives from the eighteenth century, as the ephemeral decoration is removed with each laundering.
ProvenanceEx. coll. Cora Ginsburg
