Cotton petticoat with floral eyelet trim
date: label: Date
content: mid-20th century
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A cotton petticoat with floral eyelet trim. The petticoat is a circle skirt. It has a center front seam and a center back opening. The selvage is along both sides of the fabric at the center front seam. White cotton self-fabric bias tape is sewn along the waistband, the tape continues to the center back leading into two ties that each measure roughly twenty-three inches. One-inch-wide cotton eyelet trim is machine sewn to the hem of the petticoat. The petticoat is machine sewn and unlabeled.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Fashion
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Black Fashion Museum Collection
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Fashion and Historical
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Black Fashion Museum founded by Lois K. Alexander-Lane
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2007.3.784
objectType: label: Type
content: petticoats
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No known copyright restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: cotton
label: Dimensions
content: Length (waist to hem): 36.5 in. (92.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Waist (flat): 16.5 in. (41.9 cm)