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Quilted Petticoat
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Quilted Petticoat

Date1760-1775
OriginEngland
MediumSilk (fabric, bining), wool (backing, batting)
DimensionsLength: 33-34" Circumference: 142"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1947-507
DescriptionWoman's petticoat of cream silk satin, quilted with running stitches to cream-color glazed worsted back and wool batting. Quilted design has horizontal bands of diamonds and "football" shapes alternating with undulating vines above. Above the lower border are large fan shapes moving into inverted scallops across the upper 2/3 of the garment. Glazed worsted lining seams are overlapped at selvages and stitched with running stitches.

Construction History:
1.1760-1775: Initial Construction
2.1954: Ernest LoNano- Repair and resoration: Patching and mending of holes, waistband was replaced.
DS1997-0156; with 1996-716,A&B and 1996-722
1750-1775, remodeled 1840-1855
1960-715, Petticoat
1760-1780
DS2001-0426
ca. 1790
DS2004-0386
1740-1760, waist alteration probably in the 1870s