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Historic Costume | Fine and Decorative Arts

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Petticoat

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Entirely hand stitched brown silk taffeta petticoat. Lined with tan glazed PW cotton quilted after seaming in diagonal lines, double density in bottom 18.” Bound with brown velveteen. Cotton waistband, white china button. Skirt attached in pleats, fuller and longer in back.

G90.274

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Adult, Female

Undergarment

Historic Costume

Petticoat

Female

Taffeta

Silk

Brown

1865

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