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Woman's Drawers
Woman's Drawers

Woman's Drawers

Clothing MakerMade by Unknown
Dateabout 1885-1900
MediumMachine-stitched cotton and bobbin lace
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width at waist): 27 x 30 1/4in. (68.6 x 76.8cm)
ClassificationsCostume
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionWoman's white cotton split drawers. The legs are set smoothly into the 2 1/2-inch-wide waist yoke and are gathered in the back. The drawers fasten around the waist with a drawstring of white cotton tape. The legs have twenty-eight pintucks and are edged with a 5 1/2-inch-wide eyelet-embroidered ruffle, which is itself edged with bobbin lace.
Object number1995.185.0
Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
    Front of chemise
    Mary Jerusha Bulkeley
    1865
    Woman's Drawers
    Emma Gratia Hollister
    about 1865-1870
    2002.47.2c
    Eugenia Wealthy Hathaway
    about 1880-1895
    Girl's Drawers
    Unknown
    about 1875-1900
    Front of chemise
    Marie L. Brown
    1868-1874
    Woman's Drawers
    Emma Thomson
    about 1890-1900
    Woman's Drawers
    Unknown
    about 1880-1890
    Woman's Drawers
    Julia P. Rogers
    probably 1857-1858
    Front of chemise
    Julia P. Rogers
    about 1858
    Child's Drawers
    Unknown
    about 1870-1890