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Fragment

Object/Artifact

from G2004.111 Roll of remnants or scraps thin delaine with ‘lollipop’ design on brown ground includes all the tiniest bits and the cut-off hem, pieces of prepared and unused print hem facing which was used to line bodice originally, and the two removed piped seams from the side front were kept.

G2004.111b

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

1890

delaine

fabric

fragment

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