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2 Ladies, 2 Views of Fringed Dress
Object/Artifact
White "oriental" muslin dress with wide straight neckline and long sleeves with huge puff at top and tight below. Self-belt edged with green with green fringed net, also used at knee level and around edge of cleft wide collar. Pointed muslin cuffs, gloves and large bonnet or hat with bows and plumes. Seated figure shows the back, in pink.
2022.35.0343
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
Petit Courrier Des Dames, Plate No. 652
1829 - 1830
Old Number
2005.110.16
Paper