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Child's smock-frock
Child's pinafore
Child's smock-frock
American
about 1830
Object Place: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Linen plain weave with mother of pearl buttons
Dimensions
59 x 65 cm (23 1/4 x 25 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift in memory of Mrs. Horatio Appleton Lamb
Accession Number51.385
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionChild's pinafore of dark unbleached linen, made of two full widths of material with seam down center front, open at back with selvedges exposed, short yoke with edges piped and corded, long sleeves with cartridge pleating over shoulders, two carved mother-of-pearls buttons at yoke in back and one button at each cuff; box pleats along yolk
ProvenanceInherited by Misses Aimee and Rosamund Lamb; Gift to the MFA, 1951