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BODICE JACKET [1 record]

Record 1 1985-09-27

English

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

A short coat with three-quarter length sleeves, loose at the waist.

OBS

Worn by Irish women in the 1820s.

Key term(s)
  • jacket bodice

French

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

(...) essentiellement une robe à la française coupée à la hauteur des hanches et formant une sorte de petite veste d'allure paysanne.

CONT

Vers 1768 apparaît le caraco emprunté à un costume provincial.

Spanish

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