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White cotton; self-waistband with one button closure at back; ruffled at knee; extra fullness in back; hem bound with tape.
petticoats (underskirts)
cotton (textile)
embroidering
stitching
Underskirt
Petticoat
Petticoat
1. Written in ink inside waist at front in script: ""Bradlee"". 2. Cross stitch monogram in red at back of waist: ""SFB"" (partially obscured waist taken in here).
Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),
Unknown
Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.7221
1860 (Possibly)
Title PETTICOAT Accession Number 1969.5339
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