Shirt
Date1800-1820
OriginAmerica or Europe
MediumWhite linen tabby.
DimensionsOW: 31 1/2" including sleeves; OL: 20 3/4" with collar up.
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1992-226
DescriptionSmall boy's shirt of white tabby linen. Shirt has turn-down collar fastened with one thread button at center front and trimmed with back-stitch top stitching, a 7" long front opening hemmed and edged with needlework picot and needle lace filling to reinforce bottom of slit. Long sleeves gathered at top of sleeve and gathered into 7/8" cuffs edged with picot, top stitched with back stitching and fastened with one thread button. Underarm sleeve gussets of coarser tabby linen. Body of shirt has seam and top stitching at top of shoulders, vents on either side of lower body, and narrow rolled hems.Label TextSmall Boy's or Sample ShirtBritain, 1800-1820
Linen
1992-226
A young girl may have sewed this shirt to practice shirt-making techniques.
Mark(s)Paper tag pinned to body of shirt reads "11973 x 2 Children's Shirts c. 1800"
