Digital Collections
Petticoat
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Entirely hand stitched petticoat. Black/gold changeable silk/wool lined with indigo resist/discharge print cotton. Tan cotton waistband “ended out” front panel unfathered and pleated crudely. Hem bound with black fabric. Top quilted in parallel lines, middle- diamonds, bottom- figure 8’s. Machine stitched denim ties, probably later addition. This may well have been reworked several times.
G89.087
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
Adult, Female
Undergarment
Historic Costume
Petticoat
Female
Wool
Blue
1835 - 1850
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