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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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