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Petticoat

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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1880-1900

GUSN

GUSN-310887

Description

Child's white wool petticoat with floral embroidery at hem. Made by Lura Burgess Thomas, great-grandmother of Charles Malcolm Watkins.

Details

Descriptive Terms

petticoats (underskirts)
wool (textile)
Underskirt
Petticoat
Petticoat

Additional Identification Number

1299.181

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Gift of the Joan Pearson Watkins Trust

Accession Number

2015.62.181

Places

United States

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