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White window pane cotton pad stuffed with horsehair; white window pane ruffle all around; used in seventeenth century
bustles
cotton (textile)
horsehair
Garment, Foundation
Pad, Bustle
Pad, Bustle
Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),
Unknown
Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.7184
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