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Bodice with three-quarter sleeves, diamond-shaped back panel and blue acorn-shaped buttons of purple-white striped changeant silk, decorated with black-white checkered ribbons with blue edges
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Bodice belonging to a gown of light blue changeant taffeta. With three-quarter sleeves and a back panel that tapers to a point. Front closure. As decoration cornflower-blue acorn-shaped buttons and gathered, striped ribbons with cornflower-blue edge on the sleeves.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineLijf met driekwart mouwen, ruitvormige ruginzet en blauwe eikelvormige knopen van paarswit gestreepte changeantzijde, versierd met zwartwit geruite linten met blauwe randen. c. 1868. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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