Woman's white under skirt (slip). Garment is long and full, made of a translucent synthetic fabric with a heavy pattern embedded in the material. The cotton chest peice holds two wide shoulder straps and closes at the back with velcro. At the garment’s midpoint two layers of stiff tulle have been added to the interior, reaching to just above the hem, creating a full and rounded look to the garment’s silhouette.

The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection.

The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection.

The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection.

Red skirt with three coloured bands near the hem. Two green bands with geometric flowers; another woven colourful band in the middle of them with rhomboid motifs; in green, red, yellow, purple and pink.

Teired white skirt; part of a traditional Hungarian dance costume. Three panels of cotton are interspersed with wide strips of lace. Below the lace of the top two panels sits a short peplum hem. The skirt if fastened at back by two metal hook and eye closures.

Gift of Carolyn Schnurer

Museum Expedition 1941, Frank L. Babbott Fund

A. Augustus Healy Fund

Skirt composed of strands of alternating beaten and unbeaten flax stalks forming a horizontal striped pattern where the unbeaten stalks are a light yellow colour, and the beaten segments are a dark brown colour. The stalks hang from a woven waistband made of dark brown braided fibre with long ties on each end, also braided.