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The pointed edges and small scale of the embroidery are quintessential stylistic features of the 1830s. The exuberance of the double ruffles complements the large gigot sleeves of the period, adding to the "butterfly effect" of the silhouette.
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Title: Evening shawl
Date: 1830–40
Culture: American
Medium: cotton
Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mrs. H. M. Hume, 1941
Object Number: 2009.300.2731
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