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4 Ladies and a Girl in Garden, "April Fools"

Object/Artifact

First wears gray dress with double skirt, bodice has low squared neckline and enormous bell sleeves over enormous sheer long sleeves with cuffs. Trimmed with wide green ribbon. Lacy parasol. Next one in black with plaid shoulder cover of some kind. Next seems to be in spotted muslin, double tiered skirt, huge bell sleeves and generous shaped stole all trimmed with gray ruched ribbon. Next is in a coat dress made hoe horizontal gray bands, with long pointed waist, high neck with white collar, bell sleeves and simple undersleeves. Red parasol. Girl in pink dress with netted fingerless mitts.

2022.35.0538

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

L.A. Godey

1859

Old Number

2010.073.39

Paper

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