Dress petticoat
Category
Costume
Date
1850 - 1900
Materials
Cotton, Silk
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Snowshill Wade Costume Collection, Gloucestershire
NT 1350778
Summary
Dress petticoat, fabric opaline green satin, lined with cheap quality cotton. It is full length, smooth at the front with large knife pleats at the sides and close accordion pleating at the back. It is whipped onto a wide white herringbone tape. It has a back opening with cotton ties. It is partly machine made and probably an altered 18th century petticoat.
Provenance
Charles Paget Wade Collection, Snowshill Manor