Petticoat ca. 1865 American This petticoat belonged to Amelia Beard Hollenback (1844-1918) who was born and raised in Brooklyn and would eventually marry the prominent financier and philanthropist John Welles Hollenback (1835-1927) in 1874. Following the voluminous skirt silhouette of the period, the touch of embroidery and pintucking at the hem illustrates a great attention to detail in the event that the petticoat edge would have been Petticoat 158212

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