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Pantalettes

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Pair of adult women's fine cotton pantalettes. Entirely hand-stitched. Bottom edges have five shallow tucks, each sandwiched between two rows of small VanDyke points. Top edge has simple 1/8" turn and turn hem. No evidence of drawstring Top corner of one pantalette has a square of same cotton sewn into place - could be a repair or piecing. Tops of both pantalettes have a name stamped in ink: "E. L. Bennett."

2024.07.009a-b

Genesee Country Village and Museum

Historic Costume

Undergarment

Pantalette

Undergarment

Drawers

Female

Cotton

1815 - 1828

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