Little Girl's Petticoat

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Artist/Maker	Polly Betts (brand name)
Place of origin	United States of America (made)

Little girl's waist petticoat made up of tiers of white tarlatan edged with white nylon lace, piped with pale blue nylon and mounted on a basque of white nylon with an elasticated waist.

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Categories	Children & Childhood Children's Clothes
Object type	Little girl's petticoat
Materials and techniques	Nylon and tarlatan trimmed with nylon lace, machine stitched Nylon Tarlatan Nylon Lace Machine Stitching
Brief description	Little girl's white nylon and tarlatan waist petticoat; United States of America, ca.1960
Physical description	Little girl's waist petticoat made up of tiers of white tarlatan edged with white nylon lace, piped with pale blue nylon and mounted on a basque of white nylon with an elasticated waist.
Dimensions	Length: 32.25cm
Production type	Mass produced
Marks and inscriptions	Polly Betts/ 6/ ORIGINAL (Label; within side seam; weaving; thread)
Credit line	Given by Mr. and Mrs. Ruben
Object history	Worn by the donors' elder daughter Claire Ruben (born 1953)
Production	Reason For Production: Retail
Associated objects	B.123-1999 (Duplicate) B.120-1999 (Part)
Collection	Young V&A Collection
Accession number	B.121-1999

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Record created	June 29, 1999
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O11462/little-girls-petticoat-polly-betts/

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