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Collar
Object/Artifact
White machine bobbinet embroidered with white cotton, forming 2 basic “fillings,” double-scalloped edge, each large section filled with pink-like flower with smaller leaflets above. Applied picot edging . High round neckline; about 5.5” deep. Quite exacting work.
G97.172
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
1825
User Age: Adult Gender: Female
collar
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machine bobbinet
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flower
leaflets
picot edging
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machine bobbinet
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