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- United States
- pair of sleeves for dress, circa 1815
- Where object was made: United States
- lawn, batiste, lace
- Object Height/Width: b 15.5 x 35 cm
Object Height/Width: c,d 13.5 x 20 cm
Object Height/Width: b 6 1/8 x 13 3/4 in
Object Height/Width: c,d 5 5/16 x 7 7/8 in - Gift of Mrs. W. H. Sears
- Not on display
- 1930.0037.c,d
- United States
- Open page with bookmarkable url
- Description
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Lace (probably Point de Paris) sleeves and pieces for a dress with geometric and floral motifs. Fine lawn or batiste sleeve cuffs or borders to a child’s bloomers; gathered at wrist into insertion lace band. Tapers at shoulders to tie onto garment. Two pieces with same insertion to be used for front of dress. (Empire style)