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Pair of Cuffs

1525/50
Linen, plain weave; cut and drawn work in interlocking lace and overcast stitches; darned and overcast bars; buttonhole ring picots; embroidered in bullion, buttonhole, double faggot, double hem, overcast back, overcast and satin stitches; attached edge of plain weave; cut and drawn work in double hem, darning and overcast stitches; buttonhole and overcast bars; bullion picots
16.2 × 21.8 cm (6.4 × 8.6 in)

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