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Shirt

19th century
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A shirt for the hero of Tom Jones, this linen origami of pleated shirting suggests the attention afforded to a gentleman's linens in the eighteenth century. The flare, or self-cravat, suggests the peacock that such a man was. This piece is a real rarity; there is one similar shirt in the collection of Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Shirt
  • Date: 19th century
  • Culture: American
  • Medium: linen
  • Credit Line: Gift of Cora Ginsburg, 1993
  • Object Number: 1993.142.1
  • Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute

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