Baby's Undershirt

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Sidney Museum and Archives

Name/Title

Baby's Undershirt

Entry/Object ID

1980. .029

Description

Baby's undershirt in fine evenweave white linen fabric, hand stitched seams. Fabric is "summer weight". Garment made completely from one piece of fabric except for triangular gussets under the cap sleeves. Neck edge of sleeves extends outward in a triangular shape and is edged with eyelet embroidered in white, this flap turns down so that small area of floral embroidery (in white embroidery silk) shows on right side. Opening at centre back or centre front - edge-to-edge. At front neckline and side neckline the fabric is shaped in a convex curve. This piece of fabric forms a flap which may be turned down or tucked inside the main garment. Eyelet edging possibly hand embroidered.

Acquisition

Notes

Accession Date: 01-Jan-80 Mode of Acquisition: gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Undershirt

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Underwear

Nomenclature Class

Clothing

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

baby's undershirt

Created By

Garnham, Peter

Create Date

September 5, 1995

Updated By

[email protected]

Update Date

February 5, 2024