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embroidered machine lace handkerchief, ireland c. late 1800s.

L'Art et la mode, no. 12, vol. 33, 23 mars 1912, Paris. Mlle G. Dorziat dans "Bel Ami" au Vaudeville. — Déshabillé de mousseline de soie rose. Paletot de dentelle bordé d'hermine et frangé au bas. Imp. L. Lafontaine, Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France

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Lady with a Bouquet of Daises

by Leopold Schmutzler (German-Czech, 1864-1941)

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Rembrandt Peale, Portrait of Rosalba Peale, c. 1820.

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opéra côté costume - opéra national de paris (1995)

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Copper and brass Art Nouveau scissors, 1900.

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Beaux-arts des modes, no. 2, avril 1923 (New York, Paris, London, Milano, Wien, Bruxelles). Bibliothèque nationale de France

(118.) Evening cape of satin adorned with gold lace. Broad and paspoiled collar. Atelier Bachwitz.

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Dress

c. 1825-1828

"During the 1820s, the columnar gowns of the first two decades of the nineteenth century began to move towards the fuller skirts and wider sleeves associated with the Romantic era. While its fabric is very light with delicate woven feathers on a thin silk gauze, the trim of the dress has a much more masculine feel. Purple silk bars and gold faux buttons on the sleeves are reminiscent of military uniforms. Worn by Mary Pennington Rutter (1779–1850)."

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