Petticoat
Dateca. 1775
MediumSilk compound weave; linen petticoat upper back; stomacher lined with linen (count 40 x 28)
DimensionsPetticoat waist: 30 1/2"; Textile: 19 1/2" selvage to selvage.
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1955-428,2
DescriptionPetticoat made from heavy quality blue silk taffeta with floral stripe in yellow silk, with red and white supplemental weft pattern. Wide matching stomacher is now sewn to petticoat (probably later construction). Petticoat has linen back panel. Stomacher lined with linen.
ca. 1780
ca. 1775, remade late 19th century
ca. 1780
Textile ca. 1750; gown ca. 1770
ca. 1770; remade 1850-1900
ca. 1750, altered ca. 1775
1760-1770 (textile); remade late 19th century
1780-1789
1750-1765
1760-1770
1745-1750 (textile); gown ca. 1780, gown remade ca. 1845