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Blue tea gown. Silk, wool, and lace. Long silk sleeves with lace cuffs. Floral lace band around bottom. Hooks down the front for closure. High collar with floral lace band. Lace down front. Silk ribbon and lace decoration on the chest panel.
tea gowns
silk (textile)
wool (textile)
lace (needlework)
Gown
"Blue tea gown made in Athens as a part of my trousseau - + worn at our dinner in our sitting room at the Hotel Grande Bretagne on our wedding evening Dec. 6. 1902." (handwritten)
Unknown
Greece
Gift of Katharine Richardson
2002.29.40
Athens (Periféreia Protevoúsis, Greece)
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