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Cream muslin petticoat with drawstring waist and scalloped embroidered hem. The upper portion of the petticoat is plain with no decoration. The lower section of the petticoat has a ruffled under-layer and tiny embroidered flowers along the scalloped edge of the top layer. The back of the petticoat has two small mother of pearl buttons in the v-shaped closure.
petticoats (underskirts)
muslin
Petticoat
"Madeira House Trademark M.R. 34" (Embroidered)
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
P946
Madeira House (Manufacturer)
15 12/16 (W) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.1366
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