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White cotton body; one button closure at center back; smooth top, pleated at center back; ruffled hem; two flounces attached with piping at knee; top flounce of ivory sheer cotton with alternating rows of four horizontal tucks and floral lace band inserts; lace ruffle at hem; underflounce of ivory taffeta attached to body with covered buttons and has ruffled hem; slight train.
petticoats (underskirts)
cotton (textile)
silk (textile)
Underskirt
Petticoat
Petticoat
7? illegible characters embroidered in red at center front of waist.
Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),
Unknown
Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.5283
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