Drawers
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Pair of elastic-waist drawers of ivory silk crepe-de-chine. Machine-picoted in two rows near lower edge: upper row is used to attach a second layer of crepe on the outside as a flat ruffle. Lower edge of drawers and ruffle are cut in deep zig-zags, with inner layer extending lower than outer. Narrow gusset is attached by hand at center front and center back.
2026.16.004.2
Used by Irene Drury Griffin, supposedly as part of her trousseau.
Genesee Country Village and Museum
Adult, Female
Historic Costume
Undergarment
Drawers
Female
Crepe de chine
Silk
Ivory
1920 - 1925
20th Century
Cloth Label
Center back of waist
"Nanette / UNDEES / 21"
18-1/2 in
47.5 in around hips
Griffin, Irene Drury