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Embroiderers' Guild of WA Textile Museum > Records

LACE, BOBBIN, TORCHON, UNDERPANTS

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A typical example of Bloomers or pantaloons which are a significant item of women’s underwear of the late 19th and early 20th century.
These full white cotton bloomers are gathered on to a 40mm waistband with openings each side with handstitched
Buttonholes (no buttons). The crotch is joined. The edge of each full leg has a Torchon lace band measuring 60mm. The initials “EP” Embroidered on the waistband relate to Elizabeth Price (1853 – 1933).

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cwa-org-78-2022.15

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Wednesday, 13 August, 2025

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Embroiderers' Guild of WA Textile Museum

Embroiderers' Guild of WA Textile Museum

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