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Petticoat

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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1870-1890

GUSN

GUSN-13077

Description

White cotton; hip yoke with two button closure in back; buttonhole in yoke at center front; six rows of horizontal tucks above ruffled hem trimmed with crocheted lace.

Details

Descriptive Terms

petticoats (underskirts)
cotton (textile)
embroidering
Underskirt
Petticoat
Petticoat

Inscription

Monogram embroidered in red at bottom yoke on left side of placket: ""S.C.""

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.5638

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