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2 Ladies in Dress and Pelisse, 2 Hats and a Coiffure

Object/Artifact

One lady in a white dress with dagged pelerine or collar, patterned belt with pinchbeck buckle and matching bracelets. Pink hat. The other in a green pelisse with open throat, double cape collar. Pink hat. Also a scaled white bonnet with blue-green ribbon trims; a coiffure; and a red turban with white plumes.

2022.35.0430

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Journal des Dames et des Modes

1829

1829. Costumes Parisiens. (43)

Old Number

2008.064.10

Paper

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