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Crinoline
Purple flannel, large.
This crinoline was made in the 1850s. Crinolines were sometimes referred to as 'skeleton' petticoats. The light steel hoops would sway with the movement of the wearer.
Ballad criticising Welsh women for wearing crinolines (Bangor University collection)
"Nawr gyfeillion boenus hynod Clywsoch son am saith rhyfeddod Minau draethaf I chwi’r wythfed Cylchau mawr yn mheisiau’r merched."
Collection Area
Social & Cultural History
Item Number
38.178.8
Acquisition
Donation
Measurements
Height
(mm): 850
Width
(mm): 1000
Depth
(mm): 1000
Material
flannel (wool)
Location
In store
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