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Nurse's jacket and pants

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Short flaring jacket with long sleeves, rounded neckline and asymmetrical closure. Sewn of white cotton decorated with wide bands of lacquered black silk at the sleeve, neck and front opening edges; with large frogs of same fabric. Matching trousers with broad short legs, with a band of coarser cotton around the waist.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Date
19th century
Medium
Medium: cotton, silk Technique: plain weave Label: cotton with glazed silk bands
Dimensions
H x W (a): 83.8 cm (33 in.)
H x W (b): 97.2 cm (38 1/4 in.)
Type
costume & accessories
Nurse's jacket and pants

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