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Black silk satin; narrow waistband; smooth front; fullness at back; hook and eye at waist; small squares of brown cotton inside at back - indicate where bands went (six squares for two bones); pleated dust ruffle.
skirts (garments)
satin
silk (textile)
Skirt
Skirt
Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),
Unknown
Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.7185
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