Waistcoat, infant's

Date1700-1750

MediumWhite, knitted cotton. Linen tape. Linen sewing threads. Silk repair threads.

DimensionsOverall width 17 1/2"; length 9 1/4"; Chest approximately 17"; hem circumference approximately 19"

Credit LineGift of Kathleen A. Epstein.

Object number1998-31

DescriptionInfant's shirt with long sleeves, open at the front without closures, without collar or cuffs. The shirt is of white cotton knitted in a star pattern on center front and sleeves. Narrow linen tape is sewn to center fronts about 2 3/4" down from neckline.Label TextScholars disagree on the dates of similar knitted cotton waistcoats, of which a number survive in museum collections. Some assign them to the seventeenth century; others feel they date no earlier than the first quarter of the eighteenth century.Mark(s)NoneProvenanceEx-collection: Cora Ginsburg.