Online Collections Database
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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