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Child's Petticoat

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1860

GUSN

GUSN-36988

Description

Long; cream; top and seams embroidered with featherstitch, cream silk; skirt gathered along waist; scalloped embroidered hem with trail and grape vine.

Details

Descriptive Terms

petticoats (underskirts)
embroidering
wool (textile)
Underskirt
Petticoat
Petticoat

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Estate of Caroline M. Smith

Accession Number

1934.1576

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