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Underwear

Collection Type

  • Clothing and Accessories

Date

1930-1939

GUSN

GUSN-26654

Description

Ladies silk panties, peach-colored, side closure (three buttonholes), scalloped-edge bottom; floral embroidery at leg opening, fagoting stitch inside flower.

Details

Descriptive Terms

panties (underpants)
silk (textile)
embroidering
Panties

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

15 x 17 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Jane Covey

Accession Number

1999.103

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