petticoat


petticoat

Summary

Quilted petticoat. Red cotton printed with paisley design, lined with fawn twilled cotton. Front and back each in one section; pleated at back on to wide shaped waistband; fastening CB with two buttons; padded with down from eight 20.3cms from top, with eight horizontal lines of stitching above hem, slightly closer together towards hem; hem faced with brown twilled cotton, bound with red braid. Probably not filled with feathers but with lambswool or flock; lining is not the down proof cotton usually used, also note weight.


Object Name

petticoat

Date Created

1870-1890

Dimensions

circumference (hem): 203.2cm
length: 80cm
waist: 80cm

accession number

1947.1388

Medium

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