Digital Collections

Drawers

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Entirely hand-stitched women's drawers made of cotton jean or coutil. Napped on the inside. Side opening on the left. A single MOP button. Waistband made of cotton. Reinforced buttonhole section. Gathered in the center back into the waistband where the waistband is reinforced with heavier cotton. Cut on the bias with butted selvages where a piece is added to each side of the leg where they meet in the crotch. Seams herringboned.

G2010.036

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Adult, Female

Undergarment

Historic Costume

Undergarment

Female

Cotton

Mother of Pearl

White

1865 - 1900

American

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