Child's petticoat
Category
Costume
Date
Unknown
Materials
Linen and lace
Measurements
450 mm (length)
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 658714
Summary
A child's white linen petticoat which has a full skirt gathered on to a bodice, which has narrow lace edging the round neckline and armholes. At the lower edge of the skirt is a deep broderie anglaise border, threaded through the top edge of which is a length of pink satin ribbon, and attached to the lower edge of which is a broderie anglaise frill. It fastens by means of lengths of narrow tape which are threaded through channels at the neck edge and at the waist. There are a few small brown stains.