Dress Ornament

About 1920

  • Titles Dress Ornament (Descriptive)
  • Medium fabric, beads
  • Dimensions Overall: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm) Overall1: 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Dwight M. Beeson, 1983.41
  • Work Type garment
  • Classification Costume

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