Baby's white linen shirt worn by Harold Woolcott at 'Ivycliffe', Berrys Bay, about 1878

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Type: Baby clothing
Date: 1877
Place: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Berrys Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Materials: Linen
Collection: Irene Ross collection
Accession number: 1988.0038.0001

Description

Baby's short-sleeved shirt made of fine weave white linen, trimmed at the sleeves with handmade white cotton lace. The shirt has an opening at the front, with no closures. The neckline has deep semicircular flaps at the front and back to create a low square cut neckline, with notches at the shoulders. The bottom of the shoulder notches are reinforced with gusset patches. The garment is all hand sewn with very small stitches, and all the seams are French seams.

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