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Dress (Robe à la Française), 1770—75, French, silk, bast fiber, Met

Dress (Robe à la Française), 1770—75, French, silk, bast fiber, Metropolitan Museum of Art. The roses have been described as aerophane roses, but is that because of the embroidery, the silk, or both?

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