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Petticoat
Object/Artifact
Girl’s bodice petticoat. Side seams and pieced sections hand-joined; hand-buttonholes; otherwise machine stitched; 4 pearl buttons on white cotton waist; pleated white twilled cotton flannel with brushed nap innermost- skirt; buttonhole-stitched double-scalloped hem.
G87.166
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
1865 - 1880
User Age: Child Gender: Female
petticoat
bodice
hand buttonholes
machne stitched
prieced
cotton
flannel
child
Everyday