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Woman wearing a dress with belled sleeves ambrotype, 1859
Image: 1/6 plate; Seated woman with hair parted in the center, wearing a dress belted at the waist, with long sleeves snug to the elbow then opening in an exaggerated bell trimmed with dark ribbon, with ruffled white undersleeves and dark cuffs, a wide flat whitework collar, drop earrings, the brooc...
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| Collection: | Historical Society of Pennsylvania daguerreotypes and ambrotypes (#3404) |
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| Date: | 1859 |
| Dimensions: | 7.1 x 8.3 cm 2 25/32 x 3 9/32 in |
| Box Number: | Box 3 |
| Folder Number: | Folder 178 |
| Format: | Electronic |
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| Copyright: | Public domain |
| Online Access: | https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/6616 |
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Image: 1/6 plate; Seated woman with hair parted in the center, wearing a dress belted at the waist, with long sleeves snug to the elbow then opening in an exaggerated bell trimmed with dark ribbon, with ruffled white undersleeves and dark cuffs, a wide flat whitework collar, drop earrings, the brooch at her throat, and a ring on her finger all gilded, color applied to her cheeks. Preserver: Straight but more ornate (1850s). Mat: Nonpariel with ornate matte finish (late 1850s onward). Case: [none]. |
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