antique victorian open-leg drawers, red laundry mark flap bag Made in USA single-stitch construction

Made in USA single-stitch construction with side slits and front patch pockets

and the red has held deep and even

the kiss-lock frame and short paired handles place it squarely in that late-1950s ladylike silhouette

light softening of the hand from laundering and a couple of faint handling specks

antique victorian open-leg drawers, red laundry mark flap bag Made in USA single-stitch constructiona pair of antique white cotton open leg drawers from the victorian era, cut with a split crotch and no seam joining the front and back legs, the standard construction before closed styles took over in the early 1900s. the waist gathers into a drawstring tie, and each hem carries a fine bobbin lace trim in a geometric diamond pattern. a small woven tape at the waistband carries a red laundry mark, a numbered tape sewn into household linens to track