Quilted Petticoat
1760s (made)
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Woman's petticoat made of pink silk satin, lined with coarse glazed linen and wadded with a thin layer of wool. It is quilted in running stitch with pink silk thread in a large, horizontal pattern of leafy swags against a ground of undulating parallel lines. The petticoat is made of 6 panels of silk with pocket openings at the side seams. There is a wide box pleat with pleats on either side at the centre front and an inverse box pleat with pleats on either side at the centre back. The waist is bound with ½-inch (1.2 cm) wide linen tape, extending to form the ties.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silk, linen, wool; hand-woven, hand-sewn, hand-quilted |
| Brief description | A woman's petticoat, 1760s, British; pale pink silk satin, quilted in a floral pattern |
| Physical description | Woman's petticoat made of pink silk satin, lined with coarse glazed linen and wadded with a thin layer of wool. It is quilted in running stitch with pink silk thread in a large, horizontal pattern of leafy swags against a ground of undulating parallel lines. The petticoat is made of 6 panels of silk with pocket openings at the side seams. There is a wide box pleat with pleats on either side at the centre front and an inverse box pleat with pleats on either side at the centre back. The waist is bound with ½-inch (1.2 cm) wide linen tape, extending to form the ties. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | DUNLOP (handwritten in black ink on lining of front along right pocket opening) |
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| Accession number | T.32-1948 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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