petticoat
Summary
White cotton. Wide rounded neck with embroidered edging; bodice front in one bias section, dart for bust at waist each side, separate narrow shoulder sections; side seams piped; back in one section each side of CB opening, gathered at CB waist, fastening with drawstring at top and bottom of neck edging; hook and eye below, drawstring at top and bottom of tape-lined waistband; short full sleeves in one section, closely gathered to shoulder and at outer arm to lace-edged embroidered band at lower edge; skirt front in one slightly flared section two sections each side flared towards back, slit at hip in right back seam, back in one with closely gathered to waistband at centre; sixteen lines of piping at hem.
Object Name
petticoat
Date Created
1825-1835
Dimensions
Length: 129.5cm
circumference at hem: 264.2cm
shoulder to waist: 30.5cm
waist: 68.6cm
accession number
1947.1935
Collection Group
Medium
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