Camiknickers
Category
Costume
Date
1910 - 1930
Materials
Cotton lawn, whitework embroidery.
Measurements
950 x 500 mm
Collection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 603154
Summary
A woman's pair of bifurcated camiknickers (camisole and drawers combined into one garment). made from white cotton lawn. The camiknickers are decorated with an embroidered scalloped edge and whitework embroidery in a floral style on the bib and around the hem of each leg and are otherwise undecorated. Internally, the camiknickers are unlined and fasten with five buttons on the bodice, centre front, all removed historically.