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2 Women, Man and Boy with Ball

Object/Artifact

Woman in blue dinner dress with pointed waist, huge short sleeves and bust drapery; trimmed with net edged with probably gauze frills-- does not look like fringe. Huge white hat with arching rainbow plumes. Next one in similar style in pink, trimmed with wide pink ribbon bows in vinelike arrangement. Boy wears dark blue spencer, light blue pantaloons, pinkish waistcoat and military cap. Man wears black frock coat open over a dark green waistcoat and black plastron cravat, gray pantaloons and Hessian boots. Two drawings showing back views of the heads.

2022.35.0335

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Allgemeine Moden-Zeitung

1830 - 1831

No. 52

Old Number

2005.110.08

Paper

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