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2 Women in a Park
Fashion plate depicting two women. The woman on the left is wearing a white dress with intricate, scrollwork designs down the center front of the dress. Around her shoulders, a sheer, embroidered, ruffled mantle. On her head, a white bonnet with a drooping plume. In her hand, a folded green parasol. The woman on the right is wearing a blue and white striped dress with a multi-tiered skirt, long sleeves, and a heavily ruffled pelerine with blue ribbon bows down the center front of the bust. In her hand, a pale pink parasol.
2022.35.0128
Colored Engraving
Paper
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
Fashion Plate
Historic Costume
1843 - 1846
19th Century
Mid 19th Century
Technique: Hand Colored
Old Number
2000.038