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2 Ball Headdresses, F/B 3 Coiffures
Object/Artifact
Top and bottom: coiffure with white plumes around coiled chignon. Next, one with roses draped all over. Then one with red-edged green ribbon bow with long streamers, matching ones on dress. Top headress features green leaflike ribbons mingled with floral trails and blossoms. The second has pale pink roses with trailing vines down the sides.
2022.35.0021
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
Petit Courrier Des Dames, Plate No. 2815
1866
fashion plate
Old Number
2006.119.21
Paper