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Underpants

1890s (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Black silk underpants with mother-of-pearl buttons.

Object details

Categories
Textiles
Underwear
Clothing
Europeana Fashion Project
Object type
Underpants
Materials and techniques
Silk and mother-of-pearl
Brief description
Silk underpants, Great Britain,1890s
Physical description
Black silk underpants with mother-of-pearl buttons.
Dimensions
  • Waist measured inside garment circumference: 88.5cm (Note: Measured by Conservation)
  • Outside leg length: 82cm (Note: Measured by Conservation)
  • Inside leg length: 49cm (Note: Measured by Conservation)
  • Crotch depth (front waist to back waist through crotch) length: 74cm (Note: Measured by Conservation)
  • Hem circumference: 31cm (Note: Measured by Conservation)
Credit line
Given by John L. Nevinson
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.345-1980

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O366168/underpants-unknown/
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