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Miner's dark blue flannel shirt, worn by a miner from Treherbert, early 1900s.

Round neckline edged with cotton band. Fastened at front by three buttons. Single button at each sleeve. Full width of the woven fabric used: selvages running parallel to both side seams (=69cm). Small double turn-back at lower hem. Rear section longer than front by slits on lower side seams (25cm on left and 29cm on right side). Slits reinforced by insertion of triangular gusset of self fabric. Wide sleeves gathered into close fitting cuffs with four pleats (two forward and two backwards facing). Cuffs are slightly shaped: they are narrow near the slit/button (3.5cm) and then widen to a point on the upper face of the sleeve (5.5cm). Mother-of-pearl button on left cuff, button on other cuff is missing. Neck opening with applied facing in self fabric, with narrow pleat below the facing. Fastened with three buttons (now all three are different: lowest is wood, middle one is black plastic and the top one is mother-of-pear. Tight, round neck opening with printed cotton collar (faded floral print on white ground) of 2-3cm width. Mother-of-pearl button attached to centre-back of collar. Yoke of self fabric across shoulders that comes to a point at upper centre back.

Most of the shirt is machine stitched using a light coloured thread. Gssets, buttonholes and collar are hand-stitched. The shirt has extensive insect damage at the lower centre front. There are a number of other holes (possibly also insect related) which have been stitch-repaired: under arms, at cuffs, at top of slits at lower side seams, near slit at left cuff, a further darn on right sleeve and the long slit at the centre back. There are also a number of other holes in the fabric that have not been darned.