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Frilly Ladies and Girl in Pink
Object/Artifact
One lady in pale green tiered dress and black mantle gesturing to another wearing blue and brown tiered dress, each with elbow length bell sleeves and very frilled undersleeves. Also a little girl dressed in a flaring pink tiered dress with bretelles and cross straps in front. Altogether very frillly. Marked: “Magasin des demoiselles....Bureaux du Journal 51 Rue Lafitte Paris.”
2022.35.0115
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
Magasin des Demoiselles
1860 - 1866
Technique: Hand Colored
French
fashion plate
Old Number
98.077
Image size about 6.5” x 10.5”
Paper