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HOOP PETTICOAT [1 record]

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Record 1 1999-05-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Period Costumes (Museums and Heritage)
  • Women's Clothing
DEF

An under-petticoat variously distended with cane, wire or whalebone hoops.

CONT

The hoop petticoat ... was bell-shaped and consisted of three or more hoops of wood, metal or cane, suspended on tapes from the waist.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Costumes anciens (Muséologie et Patrimoine)
  • Vêtements pour dames
DEF

Espèce de jupon fait de toile, cousue sur des cerceaux de baleine, placés au-dessus les uns des autres, de manière que celui d'en bas est le plus étendu et que les autres vont en diminuant à mesure qu'ils s'approchent du milieu du corps.

OBS

XVIIIe siècle.

Spanish

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