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Cuff
Object/Artifact
Belt and pair of wristbands or cuffs, black velvet richly embellished with beading over cotton wadding pads for 3D effect. Hooks worked into the ends. Design of 3 large white roses and 2 buds executed in opal and white beads with green and yellow centers with gold accents; leaves in 2 shades of green and butterscotch.1) Waistband or belt, field speckled with double triplets of green and gold beads. Lined with lemon yellow silk.2) Pair of cuffs lined with pale pink silk
G2013.031.1-2
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
1828
cuff
beaded