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Mourning Clothing

Mourning dress, ca. 1878

Mourning dress, ca. 1878

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Maine Historical Society

A black taffeta long plain basque, with small standing velvet collar and velvet buttons, and modestly gathered skirt with a band of knife pleating along hemline. Dated 1875-1885.


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