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Petticoat

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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1875-1890

GUSN

GUSN-13075

Description

White linen; hip yoke with drawstring in back; three mother-of-pearl buttons in yoke at left and one in placket. Puffed hem trimmed with eyelet; over ruffle at knee with eyelet ruffle hem; buttonhole in center front of yoke. two button and tape loops inside yoke below drawstring; tape ties center back of body.

Details

Descriptive Terms

petticoats (underskirts)
linen (material)
Underskirt
Petticoat
Petticoat

Inscription

Embroidered in red inside yoke in back: ""OS(5?)""

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.5645

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