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Shirt with buttoning fold-down collar and lawn ruffle around front opening, re-inforced shoulders, sleeves gathered around arm holes, single shell button on each cuff (would have been folded back when worn), gussets under arms and at side slits

Provenance

Worn by a member of the Robbins family; inherited by Ellen A. Stone; gift to MFA, 1899

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Ellen A. Stone

Man's shirt

  • American, early 19th century
Place of Use
Lexington, Massachusetts, United States
Place of Manufacture
probably Massachusetts, United States
Dimensions
Overall: 108 x 180.3 cm (42 1/2 x 71 in.) Other (bottom): 78.1 cm (30 3/4 in.)
Medium or Technique
Plain weave linen, wire buttons wrapped in embroidered fabric
Classification
Costumes
Accession Number
99.664.8
Not on view

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