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Petticoat | Work of Art | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Petticoat Date: 1830s Culture: American Medium: cotton This cotton petticoat is corded which serves to stiffen it into a rounded shape that would push the skirts of the dress outward into a bell form. Petticoats in this period were also made of horsehair fabric and called crinolines (from the French word crin, meaning horsehair). To create the slightly raised waist,
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