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petticoat

DateLate 1800s
Terms
  • Petticoats
  • Cotton
Dimensions71.12 × 101.6 cm (28 × 40 in.)
Credit LineGift of Alene Bonner
Object number2024.9.4
DescriptionLate 1880s - early 1890s white petticoat. Petticoat has a horizontal pleat almost halfway down the skirt, then six rows of smaller horitzontal pleats followed by a band of an eyelet design. The hem is scalloped and has an eyelet design. Evidence the garment has undergone "bluing" by the slight blue tinge along the hem.
Collections
  • Historic Clothing
petticoat
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skirt
Object number: 2024.9.2.2
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bodice
Object number: 2024.9.2.1
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bodice
Object number: 2024.9.1.1
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bodice
Object number: COS85.74.1
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skirt
Object number: COS85.74.2
ca. 1890
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Object number: COS64.27.1.1
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