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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