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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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