National Museum of African American History and Culture
Cotton split-leg drawers with lace trim
Unidentified · Early 20th century
A pair of cotton split leg drawers with lace trim. The drawers are made from two panels of white cotton for each leg and each leg has four shaping darts - two on each side. The outer darts are 3.5” inches and the inner darts are 4 inches. At the center front is a 9.5” opening that is machine stitched around the opening edge. Each leg is trimmed with two 3” wide panels of ivory machine lace that are composed of two separate bands of machine lace, hand sewn together laterally.
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