Digital Collections

Petticoat

Object/Artifact

Girl’s bodice petticoat. Side seams and pieced sections hand-joined; hand-buttonholes; otherwise machine stitched; 4 pearl buttons on white cotton waist; pleated white twilled cotton flannel with brushed nap innermost- skirt; buttonhole-stitched double-scalloped hem.

G87.166

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

1865 - 1880

User Age: Child Gender: Female

petticoat

bodice

hand buttonholes

machne stitched

prieced

cotton

flannel

child

Everyday

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