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2 Ladies in Elegant Ballroom

Object/Artifact

First in a short-sleeved yellow 'open robe' revealing a white bodice and underskirt. Long pointed waist, all very simple, trimmed with flowery vines along the edges and scatterings on the underskirt. Her friend wears all white with same general form but the skirt has 3 tiers, each with a wide band of narrrow rows of ruching.

2022.35.0534

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Graham's Paris Fashions

1854

Old Number

2010.073.35

Paper

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