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DEACESSIONED June 26, 2014
Infant's petticoat
American
Early 19th century
Object Place: USA
Medium/Technique
Cotton cambric with tucks, cotton eyelet embroidery, and hemstitched
Dimensions
68.3 x 63 cm (26 7/8 x 24 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Edward Jackson Holmes
Accession Number54.1331
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionInfant's long white cotton petticoat, trimmed around bottom with four bands of minute tucks and edged with scalloped eyelet embroidery, most of fullness gathered into back, wide waist band; stained.
Provenance1954, gift of Mrs. Edward Jackson Holmes to the MFA (Accession date: November 9, 1954); June 25, 2014, deaccessioned by the MFA for sale through Augusta Auctions, Bellows Falls, VT.