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Boy's Shirt

1900, 1900-1920 (made)
Artist/Maker
Kendal Milne & Co (makers)
Place of origin
Manchester (made)

Boy's shirt of unlined white cotton. The shirt has a rounded neck, with a neckband of self fabric worked with three buttonholes for the addition of a collar, and wrist-length sleeves with double cuffs of self fabric. The back of the shirt is yoked, and finished with an inverted box pleat at the centre; the tails are rounded, and the side seams and the sleeve plackets are gusseted. The garment fastens at the neck front with two buttons and stitched buttonholes in the placket.

Object details

Categories
Children & Childhood
Education & Learning
Children's Clothes
Object type
Boy's shirt
Materials and techniques
Cotton, machine stitched
Cotton
Machine Stitching
Brief description
Boy's white cotton shirt; England, 1900-1920
Physical description
Boy's shirt of unlined white cotton. The shirt has a rounded neck, with a neckband of self fabric worked with three buttonholes for the addition of a collar, and wrist-length sleeves with double cuffs of self fabric. The back of the shirt is yoked, and finished with an inverted box pleat at the centre; the tails are rounded, and the side seams and the sleeve plackets are gusseted. The garment fastens at the neck front with two buttons and stitched buttonholes in the placket.
Dimensions
  • Centre back below neckband length: 63.7cm
Production typeMass produced
Marks and inscriptions
  • KENDAL MILNE & CO Hosiers, MANCHESTER (Maker's identification; inside neck; weaving; textile)
  • 12½ (inside neck; weaving; textile)
  • J26 (owner's mark; inside neck; writing; ink)
  • TX (owner's mark; inside neck; hand stitching; thread)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Ida Carroll
Production
Reason For Production: Retail
Collection
Young V&A Collection
Accession number
B.34-1999

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Record createdMarch 24, 1999
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O10725/boys-shirt-kendal-milne/
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