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Pelerine

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Pelerine or fichu of off-white cotton dimity check, shaped as a crescent with more shallow/narrow curve on neck edge and wider curve around lower part. Edges are hand-embroidered in scalloped scallops. Very narrow seam that runs on either side from back to neck to outer edge.

2026.16.013

Genesee Country Village and Museum

Accessory

Historic Costume

Pelerine

Female

Dimity

Cotton

White

1820 - 1850

19th Century

22 in

30 in

Dimensions laid flat

Parmelee, Rhoda Lewis

Parmelee, Anne C.

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