Petticoat
- Object Name:
- Petticoat
- Object ID:
- 2002.601.01
- Date:
- circa 1750
- Description:
- Petticoat, quilted. Blue silk twill. Yellow wool plainweave lining. Batting in embroidered portions, disassembled.
- Material:
- Textile
Silk
Wool - Provenance:
- Typed label attached: "Wedding petticoat of Betsey Folsom who mar. in Lee, N.H. 14 Oct. 1812 Rev. Israel Chesley. She was the dau. of Col. John Folsom of Newmarket, N.H. Presented by Miss Winifred E. Chesley 1942."
07/08/2002: Anne Brooke of Newfields, NH, brought in an original receipt for the petticoat, dated July 5, 1942. It indicates that May Wiggin Phillips delivered the petticoat to NHHS on behalf of Winifred E. Chesley. May Phillips was grandmother of Anne Brooke, and cousin (she thinks) of Winifred. Anne's family has other textiles and a clock that belonged to Betsey Folsom. Israel Chesley was pastor of First Christian Church, Lee and Newmarket. NHHS has record of marriages by Rev. Chesley, gift of Winifred Chesley, 1932. - Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- People:
- Folsom, Betsey, Chesley, Betsey
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