chemisette

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The muslin chemisette is composed of two rows, raised at the neck, of a front piece in small plaits, and two lapels, embroidered and festooned, which turn back on the waistcoat and vest.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. by

On the neck is worn a chemisette of lace.

From The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851 by Various

A little laced bodice and white chemisette completed the dress.

From Patty's Social Season by Wells, Carolyn

She wore a tea-gown of a sort, black and yellow, open over the soft lace of a chemisette, although a dog-collar of tiny golden sequins clasped her throat.

From Ancestors A Novel by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn

The women were no less conspicuous; draped in the graceful sebazo, the short vogna, and the finely embroidered chemisette.

From Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches An Autobiography by Johnson, Clark, M.D.