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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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