Petticoat

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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 seen.

The Costume Institute

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Costume Institute's collection of more than thirty-three thousand objects represents seven centuries of fashionable dress and accessories for men, women, and children, from the fifteenth century to the present.

Metropolitan Museum of Art