Digital Collections
Petticoat
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Bright scarlet twill wool petticoat, machine stitched seams, overcast edges. Hem facing with butted selvages, seams offset from skirt seams. Waistband of mill woven (?) cotton twill, blue with white stripe. Hand made buttonhole and white china button. 2.5” border of crocheted scarlet wool edging.
G87.001
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
Adult, Female
Undergarment
Historic Costume
Petticoat
Female
Wool
Red
1865
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