Drawers (underpants)

Museum number:
1-255421a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm2101255421a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Object count:
2
Description:
Drawers; cotton batiste, embroidery, tape closures. Specimen A has handmade Irish lace edging, B has machine-made net lace inserts with butterfly motif. A) has initials “FBI”. A) length 54 cm. B) length 56 cm. Woman’s trousseau.
Donor:
Design (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
San Francisco County, California
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Drawers (underpants)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Nonnative California (archaeology and ethnology)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Drawers (underpants), accession number 1-255421a,b, described as Drawers; cotton batiste, embroidery, tape closures. Specimen A has handmade Irish lace edging, B has machine-made net lace inserts with butterfly motif. A) has initials “FBI”. A) length 54 cm. B) length 56 cm. Woman’s trousseau.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Drawers (underpants), accession number 1-255421a,b, described as Drawers; cotton batiste, embroidery, tape closures. Specimen A has handmade Irish lace edging, B has machine-made net lace inserts with butterfly motif. A) has initials “FBI”. A) length 54 cm. B) length 56 cm. Woman’s trousseau.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drawers (underpants), accession number 1-255421a,b, described as Drawers; cotton batiste, embroidery, tape closures. Specimen A has handmade Irish lace edging, B has machine-made net lace inserts with butterfly motif. A) has initials “FBI”. A) length 54 cm. B) length 56 cm. Woman’s trousseau.

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