Petticoat
1910-1915 (made)
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Girl's petticoat of white linen, with a rounded plain drawstring neck, and short sleeves finished with a narrow edging of white cutwork embroidery. The garment is cut in princess style, in panels, and fastens at the back with four white buttons and stitched buttonholes. The hem is finished with a deep frill of hand-embroidered white cutwork with stylized flower and foliage motifs between a cutwork lozenge pattern.
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Materials and techniques | Linen trimmed with cutwork embroidery |
Brief description | Girl's petticoat of white linen, princess style; made in the United Kingdom, 1910-1915 |
Physical description | Girl's petticoat of white linen, with a rounded plain drawstring neck, and short sleeves finished with a narrow edging of white cutwork embroidery. The garment is cut in princess style, in panels, and fastens at the back with four white buttons and stitched buttonholes. The hem is finished with a deep frill of hand-embroidered white cutwork with stylized flower and foliage motifs between a cutwork lozenge pattern. |
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Credit line | Isabella Henrietta Granger Bequest |
Object history | Isabella Henrietta Granger Bequest (RF 92/303). Isabella or Isabelle Granger was born in Essex in 1906, the daughter of Harold Granger and his wife (née Isabella Rebecca Dodd) and died in London in 1990. The bequest came via her solicitors who could give no information about her or the garments. It has since been possible to trace her parents' names and the date of her birth, and it is probable that the clothes were worn by her and/ or her sister Brynhild Katharine (born 1908) as a child. |
Production | Date revised from new information about bequestor |
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Accession number | MISC.720-1992 |
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Record created | July 1, 2009 |
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