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Pinafore

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Entirely hand-stitched pinafore made of fine sheer linen. Wide square neckline with flaps front and back; triangular flaps over shoulders. Sleeveless with tiny gussets. Side vents; no opening. Sleeves edged with odd lace-like insertion and edged with narrow lace. Flaps edged with embroidered scallops (except for back) embellished with satin stitched rosebud sprays having pulled thread centers.

G95.114

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Infant

Historic Costume

Pinafore

Unisex

Linen

White

1830 - 1850

American

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