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Skirt

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1900-1906

GUSN

GUSN-73613

Description

White cotton; matching skirt to 1969.5244; narrow tucks all around waistline creating yoke; full skirt with slight train; fullness at center back; bands of lace inset at hem forming scalloped effect with embroidered triangular panels inserted between bands; two tucks and two bands of lace at hem; button and hook and eye closure at center back.

Details

Descriptive Terms

skirts (garments)
cotton (textile)
embroidering
Skirt
Skirt

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.5241

Related Items

Title BODICE Accession Number 1969.5244

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