Infant's Shirt

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Infant's Shirt

Entry/Object ID

CW 764

Description

Shirt. Fine hand-woven infant's shirt. Off-white linen in the style of a man's shirt; straight body; long full sleeves; gathered at the cuff with self-ruffle. Made before the birth of William Canby (1748-1830), son of Oliver and Elizabeth Canby of Wilmington, Delaware. Good condition. 1748. The donor, Emily Smyth Cooper, was the daughter of Lucy Smyth and Howard M. Cooper of Camden New Jersey at her marriage to Edwin James Johnson of Philadelphia May 8, 1915. Transcribed from original accession record.

Collection

Germantown Historical Society Objects

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1748

Place

* Untyped Place

Wilmington, Delaware

Provenance

Notes

The shirt was made before the birth of William Canby (1748-1830), son of Oliver and Elizabeth Canby of Wilmington, Delaware. The donor, Emily Smyth Cooper (Johnson), was the daughter of Lucy Smyth and Howard M. Cooper of Camden New Jersey, who married James Johnson of Philadelphia May 8, 1915. Emily Smyth Cooper Johnson was a 1907 graduate of Bryn Mawr College. From 1911 to 1919 she served ad Chairman of Trustees of Camden Friends' School.