Half-petticoat, inmate's

Historical information

Used at the Sunbury asylum

Physical description

Half-petticoat in heavy brown (with green and red threads mixed in) wool (flannel?). Cut from two uneven sized pieces of cloth and suspended from waistband of unbleached canvas. There are three rows of puckering (one deep, two narrow) in the fabric.

Inscriptions & markings

None

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