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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
Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
    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