Petticoat
Category
Costume
Date
1920 - 1925
Materials
Silk crepe-de-chine, silk gauze.
Measurements
1120 x 640 mm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 604570
Summary
A woman's petticoat made from peach silk crepe-de chine. The full-length petticoat has decorative faggoting around the upper bodice and neckline and is otherwise undecorated, with two pink silk gauze shoulder straps edged with pale blue silk thread. Intenally, the petticoat is unlined and has no fastenings, designed simply to step in to.