Quilted Petticoat
1730-1760 (made), 1760-1780 (altered)
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Woman’s petticoat of pink silk satin, lined with white silk sarsenet and wadded with a thin layer of wool. It is quilted in running stitch with pink silk thread in a pattern of leaves and sunflowers around the hem, deeper at the centre front and narrower at the sides and back. Above is a pattern of overlapping S curves. The petticoat is made of six panels of silk with pocket openings in the side seams bound with ¾ inch (1.9 cm) wide pink silk ribbon. The same ribbon binds the hem.
The petticoat was altered, probably in the late 18th century for a taller wearer. A band of pink silk taffeta was added at the waist which was re-pleated and bound with ½-inch (1.25 cm) wide linen tape.
The petticoat was altered, probably in the late 18th century for a taller wearer. A band of pink silk taffeta was added at the waist which was re-pleated and bound with ½-inch (1.25 cm) wide linen tape.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silk, linen; hand-woven, satin weave, hand-sewn, hand-quilted |
| Brief description | Woman's petticoat, 1730-1760, British; Pink silk satin, quilted with sunflower pattern, altered |
| Physical description | Woman’s petticoat of pink silk satin, lined with white silk sarsenet and wadded with a thin layer of wool. It is quilted in running stitch with pink silk thread in a pattern of leaves and sunflowers around the hem, deeper at the centre front and narrower at the sides and back. Above is a pattern of overlapping S curves. The petticoat is made of six panels of silk with pocket openings in the side seams bound with ¾ inch (1.9 cm) wide pink silk ribbon. The same ribbon binds the hem. The petticoat was altered, probably in the late 18th century for a taller wearer. A band of pink silk taffeta was added at the waist which was re-pleated and bound with ½-inch (1.25 cm) wide linen tape. |
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| Credit line | Given by Messrs. Harrods |
| Object history | Talbot Hughes collection |
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| Accession number | T.719-1913 |
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| Record created | November 4, 2009 |
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