Woman's Under Bodice

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Woman's Under Bodice

Entry/Object ID

CW 1007

Description

Chemise. Lady's white cotton chemise. Shirred and open work yoke and very short sleeves. Chemise was part of the wedding dress and chemise of the great-aunt of the donor: Susanne Haines who married Levi B McClees, June, 1876. Note in accession record states: "part of wedding dress skirt went to lending library." Transcribed from Original Catalog Worksheet.

Collection

Germantown Historical Society Objects

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Provenance

Notes

Chemise was part of the wedding dress and chemise of the donor's great-aunt: Susanne Haines, who married Levi B. McClees, June, 1876.