Chemise

Name/Title

Chemise

Entry/Object ID

G90.242

Description

Entirely hand stitched linen. Shirt front treatment with tucks, floral embroidery. Feather stitching on yoke and puffed sleeve cuffs. Handmade Valenciennes lace of indifferent quality forming frill on neck and cuffs. Huge gussets, gores both on left side. Machine hemmed elaborate frill on hem, joined with rik-rak.

Collection

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1860 - 1890

Notes

User Age: Adult Gender: Female

Ethnography

Culture/Tribe

American

Lexicon

Search Terms

chemise, woman, female, linen, hand stitched, embroidery, embroidered, floral, Valenciennes lace, lace, rikrak