Drawers
Clothing/Dress/Costume
A pair of adult lady's cotton drawers, closed crotch seam. Not very full, and shorter than earlier styles of drawers. Would fall at or just below knee. Shaped legs of drawers, finished off with 9 tucks on each leg, and a turn-and-turn hem approx. 1 1/4" deep. Edge is trimmed with machine-embroidered white work tape or band on each leg. Body of drawers set into waistband of on-grain cotton, with gentle gathers - not stoked or stroked. Button present, milk glass. Entirely machine-stitched with inside large seams whipped down by hand.
2024.25.008
Genesee Country Village and Museum
Historic Costume
Undergarment
Adult, Female
Drawers
Female
1860 - 1900