Museum object · Clothing - Fashion and Historical
Cotton petticoat with floral eyelet trim
mid-20th century
Smithsonian NMAAHC collection
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
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.
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13
Catalog reference: 2007.3.784
