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Unfinished Embroidered Collar
Unfinished Embroidered Collar

Unfinished Embroidered Collar

Dateabout 1800
MediumHand-embroidered cotton
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 9 1/2 x 16in. (24.1 x 40.6cm)
ClassificationsCostume
Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund
DescriptionCreme-colored (now light brown) embroidered cotton collar. The collar is not finished. Where the completed floral panels leave off, the printed pattern for the uncompleted panels is still visible.
Object number2005.151.3
InscribedA piece of wrapper, 2005.151.4, accompanies this embroidery fragment. An inscription handwritten in black in on the back of the wrapper reads, "Almira W. Ingraham's/ own hand embroidery."
On View
Not on view
Girl's Dress
Margaret Almira Estey Rankin
1915-1918
Girl's Dress
Mariette Newman Fitch
about 1883
Gift of Charles S. MacDonough, 1847.12.0  © 2008 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Commodore Thomas MacDonough
1812-1814
Reticule
Unknown
about 1800-1825
Waistcoat
Colonel Jeremiah Wadsworth
1784
Chemise
Unknown
about 1860-1875
Man's Uniform Coat
Elias Ingraham
about 1825