Fichu

Elizabeth Sewall Salisbury wears an embroidered fichu pinned at the neck, 1789.

A fichu is a large, square kerchief worn by women to fill in the low neckline of a bodice. It originated in the United Kingdom in the 18th century and remained popular there and in France through the 19th with many variations,[1] as well as in the United States.[2] The fichu was generally of linen fabric and was folded diagonally into a triangle and tied, pinned, or tucked into the bodice in front.

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  1. Elizabeth J. Lewandowski, The Complete Costume Dictionary (Scarecrow Press, 2011), 107, available online, accessed January 3, 2014
  2. Dorothy Denneen Volo and James M. Volo, Daily Life in Civil War America, 2nd edition (Greenwood, 2009), 298, available online, accessed January 3, 2014

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