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2 Ladies, Dressing Table
Object/Artifact
Engraved by J. Yeager for the Casket August 1836, published by S.C. Atkinson" One seated at dressing table in white ball gown trimmed with pink ribbon, gilded arrow in her hair. Other in a white day dress long sleeves formed into stack of flat puffs; pelerine and day cap.
2022.35.0037
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
1836
fashion plate
Old Number
88.095
Page 5.5" x 8.5"
Paper