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Piece-work costume picture
English
18th century
Object Place: England
Medium/Technique
Painted paper
Dimensions
13.6 x 21.4 cm (5 3/8 x 8 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Jason Westerfield
Accession Number59.1064
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionFigure of a woman, standing, holding a folded fan in her left hand. Flesh parts of painted paper; costume made of mosaic of fragments of silk with paper outlines. Figure pasted on plain sheet of paper painted with watercolors to show ground. Slightly soiled.