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Petticoat

Object Name:
Petticoat
Object ID:
1967.015.16
Date:
circa 1890
Description:
Petticoat, child's. Off-white wool flannel, gathered into cotton waistband with seven buttonholes. 3.75" band. Whitework silk embroidery in featherstitching at hem. Silk-tatted edging on hem. Satin-stitch and chain stitch with tatted lace edge.
Material:
Textile
Cotton
Wool
Silk
Dimensions:
L-13.25 inches
Provenance:
Worn by Julia Wallingford Cartland, mother of donors. Gift of Lucia Cartland Hale and Mary Cartland Lomison. Donated with other items that belonged to Julia Hilliard Wallingford of Dover, NH, who married Charles Sumner Cartland, April 27, 1887, in Wellesley, MA. Charles worked as a banker residing in Dover, NH. Julia was living in Wellesley at the time they were married.
Credit Line:
Gift of Lucia C. Hale and Mary C. Lomison
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