English quilted satin petticoat

An image of Textiles. Petticoat/underskirt. Unknown maker, England. Lower border of 16" divided into four bands of different repeat designs. White satin, quilted, length 37.5", c. 1750.

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Textiles. Petticoat/underskirt. Unknown maker, England. Lower border of 16" divided into four bands of different repeat designs. White satin, quilted, length 37.5", c. 1750.

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Accession Number: T.36-1945
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 50
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 731 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3.5 (Windows)
Filesize: 170.63kB
Exposure time: 1/500
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2012:01:04 06:51:17

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18th Century _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPAC _WF_OPAC_pending clothes clothing English Fitz_AA garments Georgian petticoats quilted satin skirt textile underskirt white

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