Clothing - WHITE COTTON WAIST PETTICOAT, 1960's

Physical description

White cotton lawn, three tier waist petticoat. Elastic in casing at waistline. Second tier, also of white lawn fabric is gathered at the seamline. The seam is then covered by white cotton tape, machine stitched over the seam, to neaten the join. Second tier is 32 cm deep, while the third tier is a 14 cm deep band of broiderie anglaise.The seam between tiers 2 & 3 is oversewn with a 3 cm band of broiderie anglaise, with insertion holes but no ribbon is evident.

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