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Capelet
Object/Artifact
"Entirely hand stitched brown cotton printed with red and green cartouches. Edged with flat piped self frill; neck edge piped. Lined with pieced, glazed brown PW cotton.Consistent 4” vertical glitch repeats in black and red- don’t repeat sideways: Perrotine printed. Orange and green show 4” repeats of glitches sideways with possible 7” vertical repeat: Block printed.
G97.079
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
1840
User Age: Adult Gender: Female
Cape
Capelet
Brown