Digital Collections

Petticoat

Object/Artifact

Plain white cotton, hand stitched. Removed from waistband, “ended out” to make it longer. Entire hem and front panel embroidered with large-scale eyelet vines, meticulously buttonhole-stitched (broderie anglaise). Still too short to use with the blue silk dressing gown

G98.125

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

1860

User Age: Adult Gender: Female

cotton

hand stitched

eyelet

broderie anglaise

petticoat

New England

United States of America

North America

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