Quilted Petticoat
1750-1770 (made)
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Two and ¾ panels a woman’s petticoat of white silk satin, lined with undyed glazed worsted wadded with a layer of blue wool. It is quilted in running stitch with white silk thread in a horizontal pattern of leaves and scrolls at the hem below swags with zig-zags, tassels and flowers, and a pattern of angled curves above.
The panels appear to have never been made into a petticoat. The lining is untrimmed at the waist and there are no folds for shaping. The selvedge at the right edge would have been the centre back. The stitching of on the left of this panel stops below the waist to accommodate a pocket opening.
The panels appear to have never been made into a petticoat. The lining is untrimmed at the waist and there are no folds for shaping. The selvedge at the right edge would have been the centre back. The stitching of on the left of this panel stops below the waist to accommodate a pocket opening.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silk, wool; hand-woven, satin weave, hand-sewn, hand-quilted |
| Brief description | Panels from a woman's petticoat, 1750-70, British; White silk satin, quilted with swags, tassels, flowers |
| Physical description | Two and ¾ panels a woman’s petticoat of white silk satin, lined with undyed glazed worsted wadded with a layer of blue wool. It is quilted in running stitch with white silk thread in a horizontal pattern of leaves and scrolls at the hem below swags with zig-zags, tassels and flowers, and a pattern of angled curves above. The panels appear to have never been made into a petticoat. The lining is untrimmed at the waist and there are no folds for shaping. The selvedge at the right edge would have been the centre back. The stitching of on the left of this panel stops below the waist to accommodate a pocket opening. |
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| Object history | Purchased. Registered File no. 1930/12352. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Linda Baumgarten, 'The Layered Look, Design in Eighteenth-Century Quilted Petticoats', Dress, vol.34, 2007, pp.7-30, p.13, fig.5 |
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| Accession number | T.1-1931 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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