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Waistcoat, about 1830
A remarkable example of French embroidery executed with dyed and flattened moosehair.The Upper Great Lakes Natives employed moosehair embroidery work on their goods; however, they clearly adopted French styles here for trade to Europeans.Canadian museums contain a few similar examples, but this is rather rare.
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Bonnet, 1825-1875
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Bonnet, 1825-1875
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Dress, 1825-1829
According to the source, the dress fabric was originally made and embroidered around 1785, and made over in the early 19th century.