Blouse

Name/Title

Blouse

Entry/Object ID

1989.51.5

Description

White cotton blouse with butterfly sleeves. It is embroidered on both sides of the front with whitework vines and eyelets. The falling collar and the sleeves have scalloped edges. It secures up the center front with square mother-of-pearl buttons. There are tucks shaping the waistline above a short peplum.

Context

Worn by Emilie Perreault Tessier of Shaftsbury, Vermont.

Acquisition

Accession

1989.51

Source or Donor

Edwards, Suzanne

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Blouse

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Shirt

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Main Garments

Nomenclature Class

Clothing

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Width

20 in

Length

22 in

Material

Cotton

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Tessier, Emelie Perrault (1887-1968)

Related Places

Place

Town

Shaftsbury

County

Bennington County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America