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Detail
Petticoat
Worn by: Lydia Hutchinson (American, 1717 to about 1745)
English, Spitalfields
1720-1730
Object Place: Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Silk lampas
Dimensions
105.3 cm (41 7/16 in.); Legacy dimension: Detail: H: 21 in.; W: 20 in.
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Lois Lilley Howe, Rev. Henry Pomeroy Horton, and Mr. Charles Dabney Horton in memory of Miss Elizabeth Howe Horton and Miss Aimee Alsop Horton
Accession Number41.772a
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionWhite ribbed silk brocaded in blue-green, blues and orange red (from Spitalfields, England, 1725-1730). Symmetrical design of central spray of decorative flowers and leaves flanked by interlacing ribbons. Said to have been worn by Lydia Hutchinson. (1723- ), daughter of Edward Hutchinson, Treasurer of Harvard College. These had been in the Museum since 1887, as the loan of the Misses Howe of Cambridge.