I do not often manage to find these. Very nice print and unusual fastening. Quilted petticoats remained popular in the nineteenth century for winter wear. During the 70's and 80's colourful undergarments were produced, the designs often registered in an attempt to protect the copyright from rival manufactuers, such as Booth & Fox. A newspaper advertisement of 1877 stresses the healthy benefits of using a Booth & Fox petticoat. Their Patent Real Down Quilts and Skirts. No cold can penetrate a Down Garment See: Tobin, Shelley A Brief History of Underwearp 24 Cannon Hall Museum, Barnsley, S Yorkshire has a small collection of McLintoch's underwear. Platt Hall, Manchester and Bath Costume Museum also have examples. See: Quilt Studies. The Journal of The Vritish Quilt Study Group. Issue 1, 1999
Purified Russian Down Skirt. no 9 - 38 inches. Philadephia 1876. Paris 1878 on the label at inside back of petticoat, the dark green cotton printed with trailing flower sprays of deep pink anenomies and roses, pale blue daisies and roses on stems of pale green, the peplum at the front of 2 1/4 in; 6 cm with double row of cording, side splits with button and buttonhole fastening, a central vertical join to the peplum front, the quilting in horizontal rows starting 9in 23 cm down from the waistband, with curving stitching in a herringbone design of red and creamy yellow cotton, the curved back peplum 3 1/2 in 9 cm deepest, lined with Turkey Red cotton and filled with down, a bound piping cord to the base, 36 in. top to base; 30 in. waistband
Very good. The string cord at the base is very worn and tatty. There is a little evidence of the down on the inside. One button covered in the red lining cotton came with the petticoat. It was attached to a piece of elastic, which obviously was not the original.
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