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4 Ladies in Hem-Length Mantles

Object/Artifact

First back view of a double cape, looks like black taffeta trimmed with zigzagged braid at the top hem. Black bonnet with green ribbons and a yellow arching plume. Second shows the front view, lined with blue, with a handy net pocket in the inside front. Third, a white double mantle of white, the top layer shaped with a long panel down the front, with a black pelerine-like collar, and black frills around the hem. Red bonnet. Fourth shows a more modest blue-green variation with white collar. 2 drawings show back views of bonnets.

2022.35.0374

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Allgemeine Moden-Zeitung

1833

Old Number

2009.019.01

Paper

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