Petticoat with Two Wide Pleats and Emboridery

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Bay Village Historical Society

Name/Title

Petticoat with Two Wide Pleats and Emboridery

Entry/Object ID

2026.C.7.4

Description

White cotton petticoat with 1.25" waistband having slight gathering in the front and very heavy gathering in the back. Button clusure with a white four hole button and 8" opening. 20.5" skirt with two 1.5" pleats toward the lower edge. Gathered hem that has a plain lining and slightly gathered top with 3" open cut work trim. bound at the top with cotton tape. Two back side panels with one full panel in the middle. Overlay skirt is gathered having a slightly gathered underskirt. Underskirt has been folded in half for the bottom edge and sewn to the skirt with eyelet hand sewn and twill tape attached to the edge.

Dimensions

Width

10-3/4 in

Length

27-3/4 in

Circumference

101 in