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Pelerine
Clothing/Dress/Costume
3 tier pelerine of hand stitched fine white cotton. Layers are crescent shape, each layer smaller than the last. The stitching of the three together with the common edges in a binding. (not inappropriate for a collar). The edges have spaced points, all button-holed scalloped edges with eyelet embroidery sprigs in the points, linked by stretched-out vines.
G2000.085
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
Accessory
Adult, Female
Historic Costume
Pelerine
Female
Cotton
Cotton
White
1825 - 1850
User Age: Adult Gender: Female
hand stithced
cotton
pelerine
collar
female
lady
woman
eyelet embroidery
vines
hand stithced
cotton
pelerine
collar
female
lady
woman
eyelet embroidery
vines