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Braces
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Braces (suspenders that attach with a button), fronts embroidered on ivory silk with silk chenille thread in shades of green, coral, yellow, and blue. Paired vines crossing each other under roses. At the top are yellow birds with leafy twigs. Within each space between the vines are initials made of small silver spangles and silver boullion. Added narrow straps for the front buttons; buttonhole in back. Backs are white cotton. Bound with slate blue ribbon.
G2000.135
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
Braces
Male
Silk
Chenille
Cream
Multi
1810 - 1825
Date: 1810
American
Suspenders
Embroidered
Silk
Chenille
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