{"id":11409,"date":"2022-02-16T14:10:59","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T14:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sutleroffortscott.com\/wordpress\/?post_type=product&p=11409"},"modified":"2026-07-30T19:24:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T19:24:00","slug":"woven-checked-cotton-shirt-w-detachable-collar","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/sutleroffortscott.com\/wordpress\/product\/woven-checked-cotton-shirt-w-detachable-collar\/","title":{"rendered":"Woven Checked Cotton Shirt w\/Detachable Collar"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nice coarsely woven checked muslin\/cotton fabric shirt in common period pattern with standard gusseted sleeves and a banded neck band. This simple banded collar pattern is one of the most common shirts of the period (with or without pockets) documented far and wide on both sides in original photos and artifact collections alike. The fact is, these banded collar shirts, while worn as is by many citizens and soldiers alike, were patterned so that a separate collar could be placed on the shirt to facilitate a cravat or tie when desired. The boiled shirt was available in this style as well as with affixed collar, allowing the wearer to change soiled collars for cleaning or even discard them. (Collars were available in a myriad of materials from disposables of paper and cardstock, cotton, linen, even painted metal, with all sorts of stiffeners imaginable inserted) Woven plaid, stripes, and other printed material patterns were made also to facilitate collars, by far most common collar being white, thereby giving them a more versatile fashion application when needed. High end or more expensive dress shirts sometimes were made with buttonholes only on the neck and the collar and utilized collar studs of varying levels of value to attach them. Common mass-produced shirts and homemade versions like these most commonly used simple cloth detachable collars and simply had an extra button sewn to the center of the back of the neck and the collar had buttonholes to button over the back button and the existing front neck button. (See the original photo on the title page for our shirt section for a CW era photo of a soldier wearing such a checked shirt with white detachable linen\/cotton collar and cravat. Here is your opportunity to represent a truly classic CW look) All buttonholes are hand-sewn in the common style. This initial batch comes with our high- quality hand cut two -hole mother of pearl buttons. (some stock photos used in this listing may show a different button such as dyed bone. Some photos may also be of material from different hand dyed lots with slightly different shades) The common squared pattern folding detachable collar is made of white cotton with hand sewn buttonholes and is marked for a documented period maker, North or South. Please send note in comments with preference or we will choose based on shipping address if possible. (no returns or replacements for stamp if no preference is indicated) The shirt body is the most basic and common commercially manufactured shirt of the period with standard underarm gussets and two breast pockets machine top-stitched in place. Consistent with our commitment to break the “cookie cutter” mould that seems to dominate so much of the period reproduction culture, we make our “made from home” or commercially manufactured “ready-made shirts” in a variety of documented period styles, patterns, and colors. In response to a recent inquiry concerning cuff button placement, in examining quite a few original shirts over the decades we have taken notice that there seemed to be quite a diversity in button v. buttonhole, and cuff slit placement on sleeves, especially those of the less formal varieties, as opposed to the universal norm today, attempting to more mimic the appearance of the formal french cuff.\u00a0 \u00a0Accordingly, we have placed our cuffs and buttons with some diversity also, but the slit routinely placed on the portion of the wrist most easily accessible on the inside with the off hand, as the utility shirt should be configured. To provide a reasonably priced quality shirt with a great look and no sacrifice of authenticity is our goal. Major seams are machine sewn as the majority of shirts produced during the war were. Even in the South, pre-war adverts for personal machines and church and society guilds with communal machines were well known. All “small” work such as buttonholes, etc. should be hand sewn as most<\/em> period machines lacked this technology.\u00a0 (as with all of our similar shirts these are pre-washed and hand dyed utilizing period method to get our exclusive and popular period color shades and schemes. We cannot predict the effect that modern washing machines and detergents and electric tumble dryers may have on certain types of buttons and their finishes and colors achieved with period dye methods. We recommend hand washing in cold water by itself and hang drying, of course what else would a campaigner do? Note: the little disposable size tag in the collar of most of our shirts is placed for our reference before they are stamped and made so it can be easily removed , if inadvertently left in at the time of shipping)<\/p>\n

Note: After examining many documented original period shirts, we looked long and hard to find the coarse woven checked materials we desired to make our common shirts out of. Combined with our period method dying process, we are confident that the result is a very authentic and uniquely available representation of the common quality material available of the day. Contrary to some “progressive campaigner” dogma, while muted and drab colors were common, colorful, even bright color prints and weave shirts were quite popular and prized in the pre-war and wartime period.\u00a0 Our color schemes and combinations are well researched and documented and run the gamut of\u00a0 period appropriate. Because the material is produced in the manner of less refined coarse weave cottons, in order to better represent the quality that was mass produced during the period – as opposed to the higher tech produced “finished” cotton shirts of the modern era – there is occasionally some minor anomalies found in the weave. (skipping a thread, small thread pulls, balls, etc) They are not “damaged”, and if discovered after the garment is in production these very minor anomalies are simply left as is on the garment as they represent the types of issues we have observed on similar period undamaged fabric as well. If a thread is actually broken or the anomaly is large enough to require any treatment to avoid risk of real damage, we apply a period type remedy to the fabric, finish the shirt and discount the clothing item in question to cost. Such is the price of authenticity in common mass produced Civil War era material culture. (PLEASE SEE SIZING CHART FOUND AT TOP OF HOME PAGE)<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

IMPORTANT NOTE on certain COLOR: It has just come to our attention after over 30 years of selling various versions of our very popular woven checked signature shirts, produced utilizing period hand dyed methods, and thousands\u00a0 of satisfied shirt purchasers, that a certain percentage of people see our checked material involving the gray color differently than others. With our gray and black or blue checked shirts, some see a varying degree of purple shade as opposed to simply gray. While some gray dyes may include blue, our gray color dyeing has utilized black only dyes for over 20 years. It is apparently a phenomenon related to the smaller check pattern. First let me say that we are meticulous with our descriptions and have absolutely no intention of ever misrepresenting this or any of our products. Secondly, let me say that contrary to an opinion we received from a “so called campaigner afficionado”, purple is<\/em> a perfectly appropriate period color which was in common use. (we have been a participant and pioneer in the “campaigner” movement since before it was so dubbed – for some 5o years) Before the development of synthetic dyes, purple was indeed the stuff of royalty and the wealthy and not seen in everyday wear. However, the introduction of aniline dyes in the 1850s, including purple versions allowed the more common folks the opportunity to level the field and they consumed it voraciously. The new-found availability and popularity of the color included shirting material, curtains, woven and printed cotton checks, plaids, and stripes. <\/em>So ….. if you see purple, take a deep breath, it is ok. We actually had a good friend with a strong research background who visits the store regularly who bought a gray and black checked shirt a few years ago and we just found out he bought it because<\/em> it looked purple to him and he was excited because no one else made one. If you buy one and it looks purple and you don’t want it, we will accept it as a return unused and unwashed for a full refund of the price of the shirt. The postage on such a return will be the responsibility of the purchaser.\u00a0 Postage on any exchange request is also the responsibility of the purchaser. Sorry, no returns because it doesn’t<\/em> look purple to you, and yet no extra<\/em> charge if it looks purple and you like it! Like always, we very much appreciate your courteous and civil discourse.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nice coarsely woven checked muslin\/cotton fabric shirt in common period pattern with standard gusseted sleeves and a banded neck band. This simple banded collar pattern is one of the most common shirts of the period (with or without pockets) documented far and wide on both sides in original photos and artifact collections alike. The fact […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":16589,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[36],"product_tag":[],"giftcard-category":[],"class_list":["post-11409","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-shirts-drawers-and-accessories","first","instock","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-variable"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sutleroffortscott.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/11409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sutleroffortscott.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sutleroffortscott.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sutleroffortscott.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11409"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sutleroffortscott.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sutleroffortscott.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sutleroffortscott.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=11409"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sutleroffortscott.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=11409"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sutleroffortscott.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=11409"},{"taxonomy":"giftcard-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sutleroffortscott.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/giftcard-category?post=11409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}