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Clothing/Dress/Costume
Entirely hand-stitched Patchwork pocket. The front is made of simply pieced 1820-30 prints, bound with blue ground print and backed with fairly thin indigo-dyed cotton with a woven border that is almost certainly an umbrella fabric. Lined with woven plaid cotton. Straight bottom; brown plain weave ties, short on the proper left side, long on the other.
G2012.053
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
Accessory
Historic Costume
Unisex
Cotton
Blue
Yellow
1830
American
15 in
12 in