Sarah Pettigrew, suspenders, Portsmouth, 1855

Object/Artifact

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Portsmouth Historical Society

Name/Title

Sarah Pettigrew, suspenders, Portsmouth, 1855

Entry/Object ID

1958.01.02

Description

Pair of cream colored suspenders with pink, green and gold embroidery. Suspenders have leather button holes and a metal clasp. On label in ink: "Mary McClary Gift." Made in 1855 by Sarah Pettigrew for her fiancée, Charles Pickett,

Acquisition

Accession

1958.01

Source or Donor

McClary, Mary Pickett

Credit Line

Gift of Mary Pickett McClary

Made/Created

Artist

Pettigrew, Sarah

Date made

1855

Dimensions

Width

2-1/4 in

Length

22-1/2 in

Materials

Material

Cotton, Wool, Kid leather, Metal, Silk

Material Notes

Cotton and wool suspenders with silk backing, kid leather tabs, and metal clasps

Provenance

Notes

Suspenders were made by Sarah Pettigre for her husband-to-be Charles Pickett; gift of Marie Pickett McClary, September 27, 1958.