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Infant petticoat

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1840-1850

GUSN

GUSN-15041

Description

Cream; cotton band top; has three buttonholes and three pairs of small pearl buttons; pleated skirt; plain.

Details

Descriptive Terms

petticoats (underskirts)
cotton (textile)
flannel
stitching
wool (textile)
twill
Underskirt
Petticoat
Petticoat

Inscription

Embroidery on band/top in red thread: various shapes-- one is a line, another resembles an ""L"" and the other is unknown.

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.5727

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