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2 Ladies at a Ball

Object/Artifact

"Paris Fashions" Show two ladies at a ball. Standing one wears simple white dress with very low, straight décolletage with a crennelated bertha, very long pointed waist, skirt divided into panels by outlines of ribbon or the like with a few attached floral ornaments. Her companion wears a pale blue mantle with fringed he over a skirt with slit up from the hem spanned by tapes.

2022.35.0609

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Boston Miscellany of Literature and Fashion

1842

Old Number

2019.014

Paper

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