Skirt Lifter of brown and black braided cord belt with black painted metal clip attached
- Title
- Skirt Lifter of brown and black braided cord belt with black painted metal clip attached
- LC Subject
- accessories (object genre)
- Donor
- Tschanz, E. G., Mrs.
- Description
- Skirt Lifter of brown and black braided cord belt with black painted metal clip attached; ends have concave discs with one side featuring a ceramic or clay-like half-sphere to grab and hold skirt up.
- Motif
- Braid
- Work Type
- skirt lifters
- Location
- United States Europe >> Earth
- Date
- 1870/1879
- Identifier
- 1973.001.003
- Rights
- In Copyright
- License
- Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Material
- Silk Metal
- Technique
- Dress holder Skirt lifter Chatelaine dress holder
- Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Primary Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Institution
- Oregon State University
- Note
- Due to the black color and simplicity of this skirt lifter it is most likely for a mourning dress. The skirt lifter had a duel purpose one was to lift the skirt to make walking more easy and the other was to expose the decorative under-skirts and/or petticoat trims.
