- Created by
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Owned by
- Old Slave Mart Museum, American, founded 1937
- Date
- ca. 1840
- 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)
- 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.
- Place made
- United States, North and Central America
- Place collected
- Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Clothing - Fashion and Historical
- Type
- petticoats
- whitework
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2017.108.12
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




