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2 Winter Coats, 1 Ball Gown

Object/Artifact

First shows the back of a green coat with multiple cape collar, black bonnet and plume. Dancer wears a white dress with a sheer overskirt with 3 bands of ruched ribbon ornamentation and fancy short puffed sleeves trimmed with red. The last shows back of a heavy white coat with cape collar, and deep band of fur at hem and forming standing collar, and a large muff. white bonnet.

2022.35.0418

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Allgemeine Moden-Zeitung

1817

Early 19th Century

Moden Z. 1817. No. 9.

German

Old Number

2006.152.21

Paper

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