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A white mull skirt
French
late 18th century
Object Place: France
Medium/Technique
Mull, embroidery
Dimensions
94.4 cm (37 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
John Wheelock Eliot Fund
Accession Number48.308
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionA white mull skirt (now cream colored), with a number of brownish stains, embroidered with red, brown, green, and yellow wools, white cotton, silver metal thread, glass piettes, and gold bullion thread and gold sequins; in powder design of small-scale floral sprays, border design worked in metal threads and sequins of scrolling slender flowering vine.