Digital Collections
Petticoat
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Entirely hand stitched coppery brown silk petticoat; hand quilted in diamond design; lined with white cotton, apparently a recycled print which still shows where a tuck was released. Bound with wool twill, inside faced with silk for 6”. Pleated onto brown cotton waistband, no fastener. 32” long all around.
G88.198
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
Adult, Female
Undergarment
Historic Costume
Petticoat
Female
Silk
Cotton
Orange
1855 - 1865
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