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2 Ladies with Gigot Sleeves, Green Pelerines
Object/Artifact
One lady wears a gray dress with matching pelerine with fringe or a dainty gauze frill. The other wears merino trimmed with velvet, and the same kind of pelerine of green velvet. The bonnets are wide with cylindrical crowns and the usual extravagant bows and plumes.
2022.35.0048
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
Petit Courrier Des Dames, Plate No. 777
1830 - 1832
fashion plate
Old Number
90.139.2
Paper