Petticoat
Dateca. 1775
MediumSilk compound weave; linen petticoat upper back; stomacher lined with linen (count 40 x 28)
DimensionsPetticoat waist: 30 1/2"; Textile: 19 1/2" selvage to selvage.
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1955-428,2
DescriptionPetticoat made from heavy quality blue silk taffeta with floral stripe in yellow silk, with red and white supplemental weft pattern. Wide matching stomacher is now sewn to petticoat (probably later construction). Petticoat has linen back panel. Stomacher lined with linen.
ca. 1780
ca. 1750, altered ca. 1775
Textile ca. 1750; gown ca. 1770
Ca. 1770
Ca. 1780
1770-1780
1750-1760
1760-1770
1745-1750 (textile); gown ca. 1780, gown remade ca. 1845
ca. 1775, remade late 19th century
1780-1790