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This beautiful white gown with train is held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1976.142.la). The description in The Age of Napoleon: Costume from Revolution to Empire, 1789-1815, edited by Katell le Bourhis et al. (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1989) reads: "Dress of sheer white muslin with short puff sleeves of patterned gauze weave and embroideries" (61). The skirt of this dress is trimmed with five rows of ribbon, rather than any expensive embroidery. The headdress here is an interesting combination of satin ribbon and spangled fabric. |
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