White linen, hip-length; small pointed collar trimmed with embroidered and scalloped band; three graduated groups of vertical tucks on upper body; three small buttons; right placket trimmed like collar and featherstitched; long sleeves gathered to cuff trimmed like collar.
bed jackets
embroidering
linen (material)
Jacket, Bed
Jacket, Bed
Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),
Unknown
Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.5781
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