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Skirt

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Partly machine-stitched and hand-stitched women's lingerie skirt made of fine cotton poplin. Could be paired with a matching top or mismatched with a shirtwaist. Woven vertical fine stripe, interrupted by vertical wider stripes, with zigzags woven in. Made of shaped gored panels, with simple fold-over seams that appear pleated from the outside. Set into a very narrow waistband of self-fabric, pleated, and gathered in the center back button closure. Small train in the back.

2022.39.004

Genesee Country Village and Museum

Adult, Female

Historic Costume

Skirt

Female

Poplin

White

1890 - 1910

Camp, Elisha

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