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Linen Lilac Skirt

Ascension Number: 2,023,207 Location: Clothing Box 15 Collection: Wolfe Collection Date: 1891-1900, 1901-1910 Color: Purple Creator: N/A Gender: Female (set with #2023206) Linen lilac skirt with CB hook opening. Small ruffle at hem.

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Linen Lilac Bodice

Ascension Number: 2,023,206 Location: Clothing Box 15 Collection: Wolfe Collection Date: 1891-1900, 1901-1910 Color: Purple Creator: N/A Gender: Female (set with #2023207) Linen lilac bodice with CF hook opening, full-length sleeves with slight puff at top. Internal stays.

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Purple Swiss Waste

Ascension Number: 2,023,157 Location: Clothing Box 11 Collection: Wolfe Collection Date: 1801-1850, 1851-1860 Color: Brown, Purple Creator: N/A Gender: Female Swiss waste with CF lace-up opening. Brown polished cotton lining and internal boning.

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Purple Chiffon Blouse

Ascension Number: 2,023,135 Location: Clothing Box 10 Collection: Wolfe Collection Date: 1901-1910, 1911-1920, 1921-1930, 1931-1940 Color: Purple Creator: N/A Gender: Female It is a purple chiffon blouse with a silk lining. CF opening with hooks on lining and snaps on chiffon. Purple beading at CF and cuffs. Decorative vertical tucks at front and back. Shawl sailors’ collar. Hong Kong seam finishes with black silk.

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Purple Trimming Bodice

Ascension Number: 2,023,057Location: Clothing Box 4 Collection: Wolfe Collection Date: 1901-1910Color: Black, PurpleCreator: N/AGender: Female bodice with purple velvet trimming around the neck and down the CF opening. black beaded trim runs vertically down the bodice, over the shoulders, and down the back. Gathered chiffon sleeves.

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Fur Veil

Ascension Number: 2,024,154 Location: Clothing Box 18 Collection: Date: 1951-1960, 1961-1970 Color: Brown, Purple Creator: N/A Gender: Female Fur hat, veil on top, bow on the front, 1950s- 60s, part of three-part stole set with 2024155 and 2024156. Lisa Ferrante Perrone, a professor of Italian at Bucknell, donated this piece. It was originally owned by Angela Castagna Formato, born in 1903 and grew up in Manhattan.

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