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Boy's Combination
Boy's Combination

Boy's Combination

Clothing MakerMade by Unknown
Dateabout 1860-1890
MediumHand-stitched linen, with mother of pearl buttons
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (length x width across bottom): 20 1/8 x 23 3/4in. (51.1 x 60.3cm)
ClassificationsCostume
Credit LineGift of Miss L. E. Reggio
DescriptionBoy's combination undergarment of plain, white cotton. The top is constructed as a 6 1/4-inch-wide band which encircles the body and buttons at center back with three mother of pearl buttons. The drawers are gathered into the front of the top section. They are open on each side for 7 1/2 inches and button at the waist. The drawers are gathered into a band across the back. The legs are widely splayed. In place of a fly, the center front of the drawers are cut with a 2 1/2 inch long hole, narrow hemmed and reinforced with buttonhole stitching at the top and bottom.
Object number1959.108.19
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Front of chemise
Mary Jerusha Bulkeley
1865
Front of chemise
Julia P. Rogers
about 1858
Woman's Drawers
Lucinda Hart
about 1875-1885
2002.47.2c
Eugenia Wealthy Hathaway
about 1880-1895
Boy's Drawers
Allan Kellogg Smith
1888-1890
Child's Drawers
Unknown
about 1870-1890
Woman's Drawers
Emma Gratia Hollister
about 1865-1870
Child's Drawers
Grace Ely Filley
about 1900-1910
Front of chemise
Marie L. Brown
1868-1874
Child's Drawers
Unknown
about 1870-1890