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Woman's Drawers
Woman's Drawers

Woman's Drawers

Dateabout 1920-1940
MediumHand-stitched silk with machine-made lace and metal hooks and eyes
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions: 29 1/4in. (74.3cm)
ClassificationsCostume
Credit LineGift of Jane Eleanor Hofer Kettendorf
DescriptionWomen's drawers of ecru silk crepe. The drawers are stitched smoothly into the waistband, with only a little easing. The drawers open on the left side with an 11 1/8 inch placket faced with silk ribbon, one inch wide. The leg openings are edged with machine-made lace with a design of open ovals, end-to-end, creating a chain pattern.
Object number1994.59.51
On View
Not on view
1994.59.85
Hofer family
about 1930-1950
Dress
Hofer family
about 1905-1910
Front of chemise
Marie L. Brown
1868-1874
1994.59.83
Hofer family
about 1915-1930
Woman's Drawers
Unknown
about 1900-1910
Woman's Drawers
Unknown
about 1900-1910
Woman's Drawers
Julia P. Rogers
about 1858
Front of chemise
Mary Jerusha Bulkeley
1865
Boy's Drawers
Allan Kellogg Smith
1888-1890
Child's Drawers
Grace Ely Filley
about 1900-1910
Gift of Thaddeus Mather, 1849.13.0  Photograph by Gavin Ashworth.  © 2005 The Connecticut Histo…
Stoughton Shop Tradition
about 1680