Quilted Petticoat
1750-1780 (made)
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Woman’s petticoat of cream-coloured calamanco (glazed worsted), lined with a slightly darker glazed worsted and wadded with a thin layer of wool. Sharp creases made during the glazing process remain. It is made of 4 panels of calimanco and quilted with bleached linen thread in a diamond pattern of 1½ inch squares. There are pocket openings in the side seams, bound with 1½-inch wide (3.8 cm) undyed worsted tape. The same tape binds the hem. There is a wide box pleat at the centre front, with pleats on the side and an inverted box pleat at centre back with pleats on the side. The waist is bound with ⅞-inch (2.2 cm) wide unbleached linen tape.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | wool, linen; hand-woven, glazed, hand-sewn, quilted |
| Brief description | Woman's petticoat, 1750-1780, British; Cream calimanco, glazed worsted, quilted diamond pattern |
| Physical description | Woman’s petticoat of cream-coloured calamanco (glazed worsted), lined with a slightly darker glazed worsted and wadded with a thin layer of wool. Sharp creases made during the glazing process remain. It is made of 4 panels of calimanco and quilted with bleached linen thread in a diamond pattern of 1½ inch squares. There are pocket openings in the side seams, bound with 1½-inch wide (3.8 cm) undyed worsted tape. The same tape binds the hem. There is a wide box pleat at the centre front, with pleats on the side and an inverted box pleat at centre back with pleats on the side. The waist is bound with ⅞-inch (2.2 cm) wide unbleached linen tape. |
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| Accession number | T.248-1917 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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