petticoat
Summary
White cotton with openwork embroidery and crochet: crocheted yoke with square neck threaded with blue ribbon, short sleeves and straight lower edge, open down centre front; bodice below yoke in one straight section of openwork embroidery (broderie anglaise), open at CF, fastening with two press fasteners and with blue ribbon threaded through openwork embroidery band at top and bottom of bodice section; skirt in five sections, CF section slightly flared, gathered to waistband; frill of openwork embroidery at hem, threaded with blue ribbon.
Object Name
petticoat
Date Created
1918-1923
Dimensions
length: 119.4cm
circumference (hem): 132.1cm
shoulder to waist: 45.7cm
accession number
1955.246
Collection Group
Medium
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