Skip to main content

Infant's shirt

late 18th century
Place of UseLexington, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueLinen broken twill; linen plain weave (tape binding)
Dimensions19 x 42 cm (7 1/2 x 16 9/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Miss Ellen A. Stone
Accession number99.839
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceWorn by Bridge Chandler; Probably purchased by Miss Ellen A. Stone; Gift to the MFA, October, 1899
1770s
Double pocketbook
Williams Cushings
1779
Stays
Mehetable Stoddard Sumner (Welles)
early 19th century
Stomacher
18th century
Petticoat
mid 18th century
third quarter of the 18th century
Pocket Book
about 1766
Letter case
1750–1800