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Clothing/Dress/Costume

Entirely hand-stitched 2-piece dress made of rich brown silk taffeta with coral and black brocade striped design. Jacket (a) - Basque. Fancy black and golden brown fringe on pagoda sleeves and Basque hem. Eleven buttonholes; no buttons. Skirt (b) - unpicked straight skirt panels.

G86.235ab

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Adult, Female

Historic Costume

Dress

Female

Taffeta

Brown

Black

1860

American

2

Jacket - G86.235a Skirt - G86.235b

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