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Hood

1775/1825
Silk, warp-faced, weft-ribbed plain weave; embroidered with silk floss and yarns, gilt- and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk, and silvered-metal strips in satin, split, and stem stitches; couching, padded couching, laid work and French knots; edged with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, woven tapes and fringe
50.2 × 51.9 cm (19.8 × 20.4 in)

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