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Bustle Ruffle

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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1870-1880

GUSN

GUSN-867

Description

White cotton; knee length; gathered all around to self waistband; five buttons down center front; fifteen buttons around body, 2/3 down from waist, backed inside with twill tape; twill tape lattice down center back to support bustle.

Details

Descriptive Terms

bustles
cotton (textile)
stitching
Underskirt
Petticoat
Petticoat

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.7228

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