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Infant's shirt
Alternate Title: Baby's shirt
American, late 18th century

Place of Use: Lexington, Massachusetts, United States
19 x 42 cm (7 1/2 x 16 9/16 in.)
Linen broken twill; linen plain weave (tape binding)

Classification: Costumes

Object is currently not on view

White infant's shirt with plain collar, straight arms and body, selveges at ends of sleeves and edges of front opening; cloth woven in bird's eye pattern, tape binding inside collar; very light pink stains on right side

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Gift of Miss Ellen A. Stone, 1899
Accession number: 99.839

Provenance/Ownership History: Worn by Bridge Chandler; Probably purchased by Miss Ellen A. Stone; Gift to the MFA, October, 1899

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