Petticoat

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Genesee Country Village & Museum

Name/Title

Petticoat

Entry/Object ID

G2009.056

Description

Petticoat, entirely hand stitched, made of white cotton with a 14” band of diagonal grid quilting at the hem with straight rows at the very bottom. Deep tuck above the quilting. Gauffered onto a narrow jean waistband cut with a point in the CF, topstitched CF seam, long twill tape ties. Name inked on CF “C P Hayes”?

Collection

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1840 - 1850

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Search Terms

petticoat, quilted hem, hand stitched, cotton, tuck, gauffered