Petticoat

Name/Title

Petticoat

Entry/Object ID

G94.049

Description

Machine stitched white cotton. Gathered onto waistband with back opening and 5 large buttonholes. 3 rows of narrow tucks around hem, crocheted insertion that looks like fagotting; similar edging with little shells around 1.5” hem.

Collection

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1865

Notes

User Age: Child Gender: Female

Ethnography

Culture/Tribe

American

Lexicon

Search Terms

Petticoat, Girl, Child, Female, machine sttiched, cotton, crochet, fagotting, shells