Shirt
Date1805-1825
Worn by
Reuben Hayes Green
(b. 1783)
OriginAmerica, Maine
MediumLinen, white
DimensionsOW: 76 1/4"; OL: 39"
Credit LineGift of Kathleen E. Van Deusen.
Object number2004-31
DescriptionMan's shirt constructed of white plain-woven linen with white cotton ruffle. Shirt has starched and pattern-ironed pleats at center-front ruffles, on either side of center front opening, and lengthwise on the sleeves. Band collar, 1 3/4" high, with single center front button opening. Long sleeves with underarm gussets, ending in 3" cuffs. 11 1/2" vents at sides. Shirt body is full width of linen, 35 1/4" wide.InscribedMarked in ink, "R. H. Green".
ProvenanceWorn by Reuben Hayes Green, who was born in 1783 in New Hampshire. He married Dorcas Storer in 1806 and the couple lived in Maine. The shirt's provenance is given on a paper document that reads "These gentlemen's linen shirts [2004-30 and 31] came from the family of my grandmother's 1st cousin, Sarah Green Wood, d. of Dorcas Storer Green." The shirt came with other costumes from the Fisk, Storer, Gookin, and Green families, received by the donor from a friend of her mother. The family papers are in the Newberry Library archive in Chicago, Illinois.
