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Ball Costume, Vestal Coiffure

Object/Artifact

White dress with gadrooned hem anchored with roses, to reveal embroidered layer. Short puffed sleeves accented with roses. Sheer, probably spangled, sheer white scarf wrapped around the head, accented with a standing egret plume.

2022.35.0449

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Journal des Dames et des Modes

1810

Coeffure à la Vestale. Costume de Bal.

French

Coiffure in the style of a Vestal Virgin. Ball dress.

1810. Costume Parisien. (1033)

Old Number

2008.064.29

Paper

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