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Subject: Underwear Subject: Underwear Subject: Underwear Date: 1775 Date: 1825 Date: 1825 Date: 1825 Collection: Digital Dress Collection Collection: Digital Dress Collection Collection: Digital Dress Collection Collection: Digital Dress Collection Collection: Digital Dress Collection Collection: The Henry Ford Historic Costume Collection-
Quilted Petticoat, about 1800-1825
Between 1740 and 1800 dresses had open front skirts or they were looped up the sides to reveal the petticoat.Quilted petticoats were usually decorated along the hemline.Not only were these used for decoration, but for warmth as well.Later into the nineteenth century a quilted petticoat was primarily used for warmth.