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Engageantes, white cotton mull with Vandyke edge, 1845-1865, detail of cuff
Engageantes, white cotton mull with Vandyke edge, 1845-1865
Engageantes, white cotton mull with Vandyke edge, 1845-1865, detail of cuff

Engageantes, white cotton mull with Vandyke edge, 1845-1865, detail of cuff

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Irma G. Bowen Historic Clothing Collection

1845-1865. White cotton mull engageantes (undersleeves) with Vandyke edging (deep decorative V-shaped points) on the cuffs. The body of the engageante is a rectangle of plain-woven sheer fabric hemmed..

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1845-1865. White cotton mull engageantes (undersleeves) with Vandyke edging (deep decorative V-shaped points) on the cuffs. The body of the engageante is a rectangle of plain-woven sheer fabric hemmed at the top edge, without being gathered, and sewn into a tube. The bottom edge has a separate, white-on white embroidered Vandyke trim (9.5 cm / 3.75 in. peaks and 5.1 cm / 2 in. valleys), and both are tightly gathered as one unit to the flat cuff. The points of the Vandyke trim are tacked back onto the sleeve on one engageante, and the tacking stitches have been cut or given away on the other. The cuff is finished on the short ends with a narrow double-folded hem and on the long sides with a rolled hem secured with a blanket stitch; it is also embroidered. Hand-sewn.

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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..

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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.

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Astrida Schaeffer, photographer/curator

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Circumference of top: 36.8 cm / 14.5 in.


Circumference of cuff: 17.1 cm / 6.75 in.


Length of sleeve: 27.9 cm / 11 in.


Depth of cuff: 3.2 cm / 1.25 in.

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Cotton mull

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