Textile: Cotton sleeves with lace ruffle edges

From Barnum Museum

Discovery Museum and Planetarium (previously owned by)

circa 1850 (Date manufactured/created)
01/01/???? (Earliest/Latest dates)
October 21 2009

cotton

Cotton sleeves, pair, with lace ruffle edges. Gathered at the wrist with two handmade button holes for closures. Machine chain stitching is present. Evidence of elastic drawn at the top of the arm.

A Gift of the Discovery Museum, Bridgeport, Connecticut

Accession/ID Number 2003.009.094 BC