1820~, Bretagne

1820~, Bretagne

Identifier
17D-1902
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35.56 cm (diameter)
66.04 cm (length)
12.065 cm (width)
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Description

Woman's waistband of silk moire, embroidered in silver thread and trimmed with silver lace, Brittany, France, ca. 1820 Woman's waistband of blue silk moire, embroidered with silver thread and trimmed with a narrow scalloped border of silver lace, and at the end of each lappet is a conventional tree in applied sliver braid and tinsel. The Breton word for this waistband is ceinturen.