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Petticoat

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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1890-1905

GUSN

GUSN-13806

Description

Plainweave cotton petticoat with applied eyelet lace ruffle and button closure. Embroidered "S.C." at top center back in red silk.

Details

Descriptive Terms

petticoats (underskirts)
cotton (textile)
silk (fiber)
embroidering
monograms
Underskirt
Petticoat
Petticoat

Inscription

Cross stitched in red ""SC""

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.6597

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