Not currently on display at the V&A

Drawers (Underpants)

ca. 1910 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Fine white lawn drawers with a split crotch, and side buttons in mother of pearl and drawstring set in back of waist. Each leg is edged with a deep frill, pin-tucked and edged with lace, and pink silk satin ribbon threaded through a wide channel in the fabric and tied in a bow.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Lawn edged with lace and silk satin ribbon, with mother of pearl buttons
Brief description
Drawers of lawn edged with lace and satin ribbon, possibly made in France or Great Britain, ca. 1910
Physical description
Fine white lawn drawers with a split crotch, and side buttons in mother of pearl and drawstring set in back of waist. Each leg is edged with a deep frill, pin-tucked and edged with lace, and pink silk satin ribbon threaded through a wide channel in the fabric and tied in a bow.
Marks and inscriptions
'EMILIE' (Embroidered monogram on leg)
Object history
Registered File number 1989/1229.
Worn by Emilie Grigsby.
Collection
Accession number
T.323-1989

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Record createdNovember 20, 2007
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