Digital Collections
Petticoat
Object/Artifact
Petticoat of heavy white cotton with 5 rows of insertion and edging formed of rikrak “flowers.” Many rows of horizontal tucks, machine stitched. Gauged onto machine finished waistband, with greater fullness toward back. Tiny waist. Rather long, wide circumference. good,
G88.044
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
1865
petticoat
rikrak insertion
heavy cotton
cotton
horizontal tucks
machine stitched
wide circumference
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