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Cream silk taffeta; hook and eye closure at pleated center back; pocket on right side; lined to the knee in cream wool flannel; ruffled hem with scalloped edge; over ruffle, attached at knee, of sheer cream cotton with rows of horizontal tucks interspersed with bands of floral lace; band of lace at knee threaded with cream satin ribbon tying in bow on left side.
petticoats (underskirts)
cotton (textile)
silk (textile)
wool (textile)
Underskirt
Petticoat
Petticoat
Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),
Unknown
Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.5635
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