Drawers (Underpants)
1865 (dated)
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| Place of origin |
Drawers of white cotton. Straight-cut, split and below knee length, and gathered into a straight-cut band at the waist which fastens with a cotton-covered button. Trimmed at the leg ends with hand-worked tucks and machine-made work.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Cotton |
| Brief description | Drawers of white cotton, England, dated 1865 |
| Physical description | Drawers of white cotton. Straight-cut, split and below knee length, and gathered into a straight-cut band at the waist which fastens with a cotton-covered button. Trimmed at the leg ends with hand-worked tucks and machine-made work. |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'ELIZA DAVIES August 1865' (At the left waistband, hand-stitched in white cotton) |
| Credit line | Given by Professor P.D.A. Harvey |
| Object history | Registered File number 1988/198. Probably from owner's trousseau. Information from the donor, grandson of original owner: Belonged to Eliza Davies who married Joseph Adshed of Manchester, probably in 1865. Her father (ref. Professor Harvey's letter, 11 February 1988) was said to have owned a rope walk in Manchester or Liverpool and to have been fairly well-off. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.76-1988 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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