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4 Bonnets, 2 Caps, 2 Pelerines
Object/Artifact
Large double pelerine with long front, plus collar, pink bows. Small double round one with fine tucks or pleats as bottom row, fine double frill, then small standing collar. 2 straw bonnets with plumes, one with flowers, a blue one with ribbon trim, and two caps, one pink, one green trimmed.
2022.35.0359
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
Journal des Dames et des Modes
1834
1 Chapeau paille d'italie. 2 Capote en pou de Soie. 3 Chapeau de paille de riz. 4 Bonnet de dentelle. 5 Pélerine en Mousseline garni de dentelle. 6 Collerette de batiste
French
1. Hat of Italian straw. 2. Bonnet in peau-de-soie. 3. Hat of rice straw. 4. Cap of bobbin lace. 5. Pelerine in muslin trimmed with lace. 6. Collerette of batiste.
30 Aout 1834. Costumes Parisiens. 3204
Old Number
2005.110.32
Paper