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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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