petticoat


petticoat

Summary

White cotton (yellowed); front section slightly flared, side sections flared towards back, straight back section; gathered to shaped yoke fastening at back with three linen buttons; large pocket in right side back section; drawstrings half way down back section; hem trimmed with two frills with embroidered borders below insertion of similar embroidery between rows of tucks, some added by hand; marked in ink: "F.R. Draper / 1899".


Object Name

petticoat

Date Created

1899

Dimensions

length: 86.4cm
circumference (hem): 233.7cm
waist: 71.1cm

accession number

1947.4038

Medium

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