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Headpiece

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Wax orange blossom ornaments, beautifully detailed, for unspecified occasion in 1879 by L G Dyer (presumably Lillian Pittmann Greene Dyer). a) A long trailing piece extending from a spray- perhaps worn on the top of a large braid or the like and trailing down the looped braid. b) A smaller spray, perhaps for the bosom.

G2008.094

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Adult, Female

Accessory

Historic Costume

Headdress

Female

Wax

1879

Rhode Island

United States of America

North America

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