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Child's Petticoat

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1890 ?-1900 ?

GUSN

GUSN-11481

Description

Cream wool flannel; cotton waistband with five buttonholes; short; silk featherstitch down placket and side seam; silk embroidery and openwork above hem.

Details

Descriptive Terms

petticoats (underskirts)
cotton (textile)
embroidering
flannel
silk (textile)
wool (textile)
Underskirt
Petticoat
Petticoat

People and Organizations

Dorothy Upham Roy

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Gift of Weston Historical Society

Accession Number

1993.182

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