Name/Title

Skirt

Entry/Object ID

2017.12.4

Description

Long flared skirt of Mary Jane Tolbert Solomon, black cotton, flared with gathered lower skirt attached about knee length, short 6" ruffle sewn on top of lower skirt, small inverted pleat below back 9" opening, without hooks or fasteners, waistband backed with printed tape, shortened about 3" with hand-sewn tuck in fabric just about bottom ruffle, narrow machine-made hem, pocket in light greenish-brown fabric (used on .1 and .2) set into right side seam, handmade/likely by Mary Jane Tolbert Solomon, 35"h x 15 1/2"w, late 1800s (before 1909).

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Solomon, Mary Jane Tolbert (probably)

Date made

1880 - 1899

Dimensions

Height

35 in

Width

15-1/2 in