Petticoat attributed to an enslaved seamstress known as Old Aunt Sarah
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Object Details
- Created by
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Owned by
- Old Slave Mart Museum, American, founded 1937
- Description
- A handsewn tucked petticoat with embroidered detailing. The white petticoat has a tie closure at the waist. The lower half of the petticoat has multiple tiers of tucked detailing alternating with rows of embroidered flora. Along the hem is more elaborate embroidery with a scalloped edge. The fabric is discolored with small areas of loss. There is a handwritten label sewn in the interior waistband.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- ca. 1840
- Object number
- 2017.108.12
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- petticoats
- whitework
- Medium
- cotton
- Dimensions
- H x W (waist): 40 × 15 in. (101.6 × 38.1 cm)
- H x W (hemline): 40 × 43 in. (101.6 × 109.2 cm)
- Place made
- United States, North and Central America
- Place collected
- Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Clothing-Historical
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Clothing and dress
- Craftsmanship
- Domestic life
- Skilled labor
- Slavery
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2017.108.12
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5a7ef2803-6569-4419-b33f-6c68b5cb8975
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