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Petticoat
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Black cotton petticoat, machined, for everyday wear. Two flounces of self-fabric across bottom hem. Three tucks across th ebottom of each flounce. Black draw-string waist CB closure, making the CB have a section of gathers. Front is shaped by tapered panels. Label sewn into inside waistband.
2022.13.001
Genesee Country Village and Museum
1895 - 1905
User Age: Adult Gender: Female
Cloth Label
Waistband
"Luzerne Make"
English
Embroidered
Petticoat
Black
Cotton
Machined
Everyday
Wear
Camp, Elisha
Everyday