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2 Ladies in Morning Dress, Purple Couch

Object/Artifact

The seated lady wears a muslin dress with scattered embroidered roses, a frilled hem, huge imbecile sleeves with a wide cape extending virtually the length of the arm and another standard shoulder-width layer. A matching shawl or canezou adds a lengthwise line. Yellow cottage bonnet trimmed with straw. Her friend wears a plain dress showing the same style from the side-back, wearing a flaring bonnet with violets on the brim.

2022.35.0471

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Le Follet Courrier Des Salons

1834 - 1836

Old Number

2009.019.15

Paper

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