Petticoat of fine black cotton with tucks at lower portion
- Title
- Petticoat of fine black cotton with tucks at lower portion
- LC Subject
- underwear
- Designer
- National Cloak & Suit Co.
- Description
- Petticoat of fine black cotton with tucks at lower portion; two rows of applied 3/8" bands, four rows of tucks, and one band; flounce at hem; slight A-line silhouette; snaps at sides and elasticized at back waist for adjustment; full-length.
- Work Type
- petticoats (underskirts)
- Location
- United States
- Date
- 1910/1919
- Identifier
- 1900.004.032
- Rights
- In Copyright
- License
- Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Material
- Cotton
- Technique
- Tiers; Flounce
- Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Primary Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Institution
- Oregon State University
- Note
- National Cloak & Suit Co. was located in New York City. The company was founded in 1888. National prided themselves on excellent tailoring and customer service, and were also considered to be one of the first clothing companies to provide mail order service. Their name changed in the 1920s. http://www.lib.usm.edu/spcol/exhibitions/item_of_the_month/iotm_mar11.html
