De Rasiere family knitted petticoat, New York, 1722
date: label: date made
content: 1722
notes: label: Description
content: De Rasiere family knitted petticoat, 1722. Finely knitted white cotton petticoat, Date 1722, initials GB and name "Derasiere" knitted in. 36 1/2" long, 92" circumference. Knitted pattern of diamond lozenges with varying internal geometric motifs, such as smaller diamonds, zigzags, or fretwork. Slash-type openings for accessing pockets worn under the petticoat are knitted in and reinforced with woven tape. This would originally have been gathered or pleated into a band at the waistline for wear. No waistband is extant, however.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1984.0086.01
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0086.01
label: accession number
content: 1984.0086
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Petticoat
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: knitted (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 1/2 in L x 92 in Circumference; 92.71 cm x 233.68 cm