1900s Cotton petticoat
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1900-1910 A petticoat in white cotton.
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Detail of the back waist showing two of the linen buttons
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Detail of a frill of broderie anglaise or machine-made cutwork embroidery; the feather stitch embroidered braid at the top of the frill can be seen
Description
The petticoat is gathered into a yoke, 4½" deep formed of two layers of cotton which do not lie flat together.
A deep flounce is gathered on, 15¼" down from the waistband, with two flounces of machine-made cutwork embroidery 6½" down from the gathers; they are 4½" and 5½" deep, and they all have a ¼" wide strip of cotton with feather stitching on it, along the top where they are stitched on.
The petticoat has a centre back opening 8½" long with two linen buttons and buttonholes to close it on the waistband, and another 4½" half way down the placket, which has an oblong facing, 3" wide, 9½" long.
The petticoat belonged to Norah Lush.
Contemporary illustrations
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Fashion drawing in The Delineator, August 1897
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Advertisement in The Ladies' Home Journal, January 1906
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Fashion drawing in an advertisement in Femina, November 1906. The petticoat would have been worn over the corset
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Illustration of the free pattern given in La Mode Pratique, February 1908
