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Petticoat (Quilt fragment)
1720-1740
Category
Textiles (Clothing)
Place of Origin
England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Linen
Museum Object Number
1963.0112
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Object Number
1963.0112
Object Name
Petticoat (Quilt fragment)
Category
Textiles (Clothing)
Place of Origin
England; United Kingdom; Europe
Origin Notes
Some quilt scholars feel that this could also be either French or German.
Date
1720-1740
Subject(s)
- Animals
- Flowers
Materials
- Linen
Techniques
- Quilted
- Embroidered
- Stuffed
- Embroidered
Dimensions (inches)
98 (W) x 35 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
248.92 (W) x 88.9 (L)
Measurement Notes
Measurements from Quilts in a Material World list.
The complete petticoat has not survived. Because it has been altered and repaired, the original length and width cannot be determined.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Eaton, Linda. 2007 Quilts in a Material World: Selections from the Winterthur Collection.
• Published: Chapter 5, pp. 127-128Book: Baumgarten, Linda. 2002 What Clothes Reveal: The Language of Clothing in Colonial and Federal America: the Colonial Williamsburg Collection.
• Similar object: p 200-201, waistcoat from Colonial WilliamsburgBook: North, Susan & Hart, Avril. 1998 Fashion in Detail : From the 17th and 18th Centuries.
• Similar object: p 191 waistcoat from Colonial Williamsburg