Child's chemise
Category
Costume
Date
Unknown
Materials
Cotton and lace
Measurements
280 mm (length)
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 658192
Summary
A child's white fine cotton chemise. The chemise is sleeveless and the bottom part is skirted. The top of the collar and edges of the arm holes are trimmed with lace. The chemise opens at the back and fastens with a tie at the top and the bottom and a button in the middle. The bottom tie is threaded through the waistband. To one side of the opening is a red thread laundry mark, the inside reading 'FR'.
Marks and inscriptions
On the inside of the opening: 'FR'