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2 ladies in white dresses, big red trimmed hat, Pet squirrel

Object/Artifact

One wears a dinner dress perhaps, white with 3 elaborate rows of dagged frills above the hem, similar across wide neckline and short puffed sleeves. Blue ribbon ornament draped from shoulder, beneath matching belt where it crosses to form an X reaching to the shins. Blue trimmed hat with plumes. The other wears a white walking dress with a high neck, round collar and chevron layers across bodice. Leg o mutton sleeves with mancherons, diagonal embroideries and frills at lower skirt; big red-trimmed hat, and a squirrel on her wrist.

2022.35.0437

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Journal des Dames et des Modes

1826

1825. Costumes Parisiens. (25)

Old Number

2008.064.17

Paper

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