Drawers, Pantalettes

Name/Title

Drawers, Pantalettes

Entry/Object ID

G2008.114

Description

Pair of removable pantalette bottoms, entirely hand stitched; fine white percale. Inked name “Mary E. Dyer” at top. Hem at top with 4 buttonholes; 1 side seam. 9” long, not counting edging. Finished with band of embroidered insertion in the middle of a deep hem.

Collection

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1845 - 1855

Notes

User Age: Child Gender: Female

Ethnography

Culture/Tribe

American

Lexicon

Search Terms

pantalette, removable pantalette, percale, cotton, insertion hem, embroidered insertion

Relationships

Related Places

Place

State/Province

Rhode Island

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Related Events

Event

Everyday