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Fragment

Object/Artifact

White cotton net embroidered with white cotton and linen of various weights. Bottom edge scalloped with attached picots. Each scallop has small flower with leaves. Flounce has 4 large sprays of flowers with leaves having various lacy centers and solid or airy fillings. Florets scattered over ground. Top edge finished with overcast thread for substance. One seam in side to form tube. May or may not have been originally one piece, perhaps a frill from a skirt bottom. Limerick? 11” deep by 31” circumference.

G95.112ab

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

1825 - 1840

User Age: Adult Gender: Female

flounce

fragment

woman

female

lady

cotton net

embroidered

cotton

linen

scalloped

picot

flower

florets

overcast thread

limerick

flounce

fragment

woman

female

lady

cotton net

embroidered

cotton

linen

scalloped

picot

flower

florets

overcast thread

limerick

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