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Petticoat

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1875-1880

GUSN

GUSN-849

Description

White cotton; hip yoke with two button closure in back; four rows of horizontal tucks above hem; over ruffle at hem trimmed with three horizontal tucks.

Details

Descriptive Terms

petticoats (underskirts)
cotton (textile)
Underskirt
Petticoat
Petticoat

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.7211

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