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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