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Woman's Drawers
Woman's Drawers

Woman's Drawers

Clothing MakerMade by Unknown
Dateabout 1900-1910
MediumMachine-stitched cotton, with glass button, silk ribbon, and machine-made cotton lace
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (length x width across top): 23 1/2 x 13in. (59.7 x 33cm)
Component (width across bottom): 41in. (104.1cm)
ClassificationsCostume
Credit LineGift of Fred V. Dowding
DescriptionWoman's white cotton drawers. The waistline is smooth and there is no waistband. The drawers are open down the center back; they fasten with a single white glass button at the waistline. The legs are short and very full, with a wide flounce consisting of two layers of machine-made lace; the top layer is made by sewing four strips of lace together. The flounce is headed by a band of lace through which a pale blue silk ribbon is woven.
Object number1959.12.19
Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
    2002.47.2c
    Eugenia Wealthy Hathaway
    about 1880-1895
    Woman's Drawers
    Unknown
    about 1900-1910
    Petticoat
    Goodsell family
    about 1898
    Woman's Drawers
    Unknown
    about 1900-1910
    Dress
    Unknown
    about 1875
    Woman's Drawers
    Julia P. Rogers
    about 1858
    Girl's Dress
    Clara Victoria Preston
    about 1901-1903
    Woman's Drawers
    Emma Thomson
    about 1890-1900
    Dress
    Unknown
    about 1893-1894
    Front of dress with one petticoat
    Unknown
    about 1905-1915