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Skirt
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Partly machine-stitched and hand-stitched women's lingerie skirt made of fine cotton poplin. Could be paired with a matching top or mismatched with a shirtwaist. Woven vertical fine stripe, interrupted by vertical wider stripes, with zigzags woven in. Made of shaped gored panels, with simple fold-over seams that appear pleated from the outside. Set into a very narrow waistband of self-fabric, pleated, and gathered in the center back button closure. Small train in the back.
2022.39.004
Genesee Country Village and Museum
Adult, Female
Historic Costume
Skirt
Female
Poplin
White
1890 - 1910
Camp, Elisha