Pantalettes

Name/Title

Pantalettes

Entry/Object ID

G95.089

Description

Machine stitched tan linen, probably ‘brown holland." Highest at outside, about knee length. One machine stitched tuck near top; another basted tuck below ‘crotch’. Bottoms are hand-bound scallops, gathered onto narrow self band (inside) to form frills.

Collection

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1865 - 1900

Notes

User Age: Child Gender: Neutral

Ethnography

Culture/Tribe

American

Lexicon

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machine stitched, pantalettes, underwear, child, brown holland, scallops, frills