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Petticoat

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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

GUSN

GUSN-189909

Description

White cotton petticoat with drawstring waist and front pocket. The petticoat has a two tiered skirt with floral embroidery along the bottom half. Petticoat (about the height of the right knee) is a square pocket. The petticoat has a single button closure at the back of the waist below the drawstring.

Details

Descriptive Terms

petticoats (underskirts)
cotton (textile)
Petticoat

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

P842

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

13 13/16 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.1262

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