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Creator
Unknown
Date Created
1845-1865
Subject
Costume accessories; Costume components; Cuffs
Description
1845-1865. White cotton mull engageantes (undersleeves), incomplete, with a white-on-white embroidered cuff elements coming to a point. The body of the engageante is a rectangle of plain-woven sheer fabric hemmed at the top edge and gathered to the cuff. The cuff is a plain-woven narrow rectangle that has been folded in half lengthwise, enclosing the raw edge of the sleeve within. The folded edge of the cuff has a white-on-white embroidered element whipstitched to it that comes to a 5.1 cm / 2 in. point, which would have extended over the back of the hand when worn. Each cuff band has one buttonhole on one side and two buttonholes side by side in line with each other on the other side. Hand-sewn.
Extent
Circumference of top: 29.9 cm / 11.75 in.
Circumference of cuff: 17.1 cm / 6.75 in.
Length of sleeve: 38.7 cm / 15.25 in.
Depth of cuff: 3.5 cm / 1.375 in.
Museum Number
342
Publisher
University of New Hampshire Library
Medium
Cotton mull
Contributor
Astrida Schaeffer, photographer/curator
Date Digitized
3-5-2019
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
Keywords
Engageantes, Cuffs (costume components), 1845-1865, Cotton mull, White (color), Embroidery, Buttonholes, Hand-sewn
Comments
The Irma G. Bowen Historic Clothing Collection digital catalog was produced by the UNH Library Digital Collection Initiative, supported in part by a grant from the Mooseplate program and New Hampshire State Council on the Arts. Additional funding provided by the E. Ruth Buxton Stephenson Memorial Fund.
Photography copyright, Astrida Schaeffer.