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Headpiece
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Wax orange blossom ornaments, beautifully detailed, for unspecified occasion in 1879 by L G Dyer (presumably Lillian Pittmann Greene Dyer). a) A long trailing piece extending from a spray- perhaps worn on the top of a large braid or the like and trailing down the looped braid. b) A smaller spray, perhaps for the bosom.
G2008.094
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
Adult, Female
Accessory
Historic Costume
Headdress
Female
Wax
1879
Rhode Island
United States of America
North America