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Pelerine
Object/Artifact
Wide pelerine made of soft white muslin. Border tamboured with white cotton in ferny design, scalloped vandyked edges - almost certainly a product of India. It is fairly shallow and quite wide; a bit of chain stitch remains along neck edge which is otherwise raw.
G2004.153
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
1830 - 1835
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