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Drawers
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Pair of drawers of light pink silk crepe-de-chine with elastic waist. Very slight protrusions at lower edges of center front and center back to form gusset. Slit halfway up the sides and slightly cut away; leg edges finished with white cotton net insertion, edged with white cotton lace. Butterfly is embroidered in each front corner, with some net insertion in wings. Hand sewn.
2026.16.004.3
Used by Irene Drury Griffin, supposedly as part of her trousseau.
Genesee Country Village and Museum
Adult, Female
Historic Costume
Undergarment
Drawers
Female
Crepe de chine
Silk
Pink
Bobbinet
Cotton
White
1920 - 1925
20th Century
18 in
49 in around hip
Griffin, Irene Drury