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Coat/Duster

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Woman's instep length cape (automobile duster) of natural colored linen, buttoning up the front into high, round neckline, with narrow turnover collar; seamed for shoulder shaping, and cut to rather narrow hemline. Vertical slits on each side for arms, covered with wide, stitched bands of self material.

G2025.29.020

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Historic Costume

Cape

Female

1908 - 1912

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