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Natural linen petticoat with cartridge pleats all around; tape ties at back; panel of tan velvet with gold metallic braid at hem; panel applied at lower front; stiffened cotton.
petticoats (underskirts)
linen (material)
silk (textile)
velvet (fabric weave)
Underskirt
Petticoat
Petticoat
Cross stitched at waistband in brown thread: ""W"" (?).
Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),
Unknown
Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.7186
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