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Pelerine

Object/Artifact

Wide pelerine made of soft white muslin. Border tamboured with white cotton in ferny design, scalloped vandyked edges - almost certainly a product of India. It is fairly shallow and quite wide; a bit of chain stitch remains along neck edge which is otherwise raw.

G2004.153

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

1830 - 1835

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