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Petticoat

around 1775
Object PlaceMassachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueQuilted silk satin with linen plain weave lining quilted with silk thread; cotton drawstring, cotton plain weave waist band, silk plain weave pocket (added later); cotton batting and cording
Dimensions267 x 97 cm (105 1/8 x 38 3/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Miss Aimée and Miss Rosamond Lamb
Accession number59.454
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
InscriptionsStamp on lining: "GK" intersected by a "7"
ProvenancePossibly worn by Desiree Thompson Lamb (m. 1744); Inherited by her great-great-granddaughters Misses Aimee and Rosamund Lamb; Gift to the MFA, 1959
Woman's petticoat
Elizabeth Hyslop (Sumner)
1770-1785
Stays
Mehetable Stoddard Sumner (Welles)
early 19th century
Group shot: 2007.296.1-2
Rei Kawakubo
1980s
Panel of quilting
early 18th century