DIstressed Wool Work Shirt – E & A Co., Union Made, c.1910s tailored Technique: Embroidery

Technique: Embroidery

The mirrored lightning motifs echo the visual intensity of the Eye-Dazzler tradition in Navajo weaving

and even the amount of thread used shifts by era

but considering the era and the maker

At 76 grams

DIstressed Wool Work Shirt – E & A Co., Union Made, c.1910s tailored Technique: Embroidery17. 5" Shoulder 23. 5" Chest 33" Length 22" Sleeve A wool work shirt by E & A Co., likely dating to the 1910s and bearing a Union Made label, size 17. The appeal is in the detailsespecially the collar construction. A high, double button stand collar paired with a button down collar, with the collar fastening directly into the stand itself. It reflects a transitional period, when work shirts still carried strong dress shirt influences. Heavily worn,