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DICKY [2 records]

Record 1 1999-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Period Costumes (Museums and Heritage)
  • Clothing Accessories
DEF

A pouf of lace and ribbon worn across the top of the stays to conceal a low V or U décolletage of a gown. Eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Costumes anciens (Muséologie et Patrimoine)
  • Accessoires vestimentaires
DEF

Pièce d'étoffe plus ou moins légère, amovible ou non, insérée dans l'échancrure d'un corsage pour orner ou voiler un décolleté accentué.

OBS

Forme fautive : fale, qui est dialectal.

Spanish

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Record 2 1993-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clothing (Military)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Habillement (Militaire)
DEF

Devant de chemise de gala, fixe ou amovible, souvent amidonné ou qui peut être orné de volants et de plis.

Spanish

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