Quilted Petticoat
1740-1770 (made), 1870-1910 (altered)
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Woman’s petticoat of blue silk satin, lined with undyed glazed worsted and wadded with a thin layer of wool. It is quilted in running stitch with blue silk thread in a narrow border of scrolls around the hem, underneath large diamonds filled and surrounded with leaves and flowers. The space above is filled with a 1½-inch (3.8 cm) diamond pattern. The petticoat is made of 4 panels of silk with one pocket opening in a side seams bound with ¾-inch (1.8 cm) wide blue silk ribbon. The hem is bound with a ¾-inch (1.8 cm) wide blue silk twill ribbon.
The petticoat was altered in the late 19th century probably for fancy dress. The waist binding and ties were removed, the pleats released and a casing sewn around the waist. A blue silk fringe was added to the hem.
The petticoat was altered in the late 19th century probably for fancy dress. The waist binding and ties were removed, the pleats released and a casing sewn around the waist. A blue silk fringe was added to the hem.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silk, wool; hand-woven, satin weave, hand-sewn, hand-quilted |
| Brief description | Woman's petticoat, 1740-1770, British; Chinese blue silk satin, quilted with diamond pattern and flowers, altered 1870-1910 |
| Physical description | Woman’s petticoat of blue silk satin, lined with undyed glazed worsted and wadded with a thin layer of wool. It is quilted in running stitch with blue silk thread in a narrow border of scrolls around the hem, underneath large diamonds filled and surrounded with leaves and flowers. The space above is filled with a 1½-inch (3.8 cm) diamond pattern. The petticoat is made of 4 panels of silk with one pocket opening in a side seams bound with ¾-inch (1.8 cm) wide blue silk ribbon. The hem is bound with a ¾-inch (1.8 cm) wide blue silk twill ribbon. The petticoat was altered in the late 19th century probably for fancy dress. The waist binding and ties were removed, the pleats released and a casing sewn around the waist. A blue silk fringe was added to the hem. |
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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.9, fig.2 |
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| Accession number | T.1-1910 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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