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Bodice

THE COLOSSEUM, Prahan, Melbourne (manufacturer and retailer)
Bodice
 (c. 1905)

Medium
silk, cotton, paste pearls, baleen

Measurements
43.0 cm (centre back)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Miss Irene Mitchell, 1975

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Prahran, Melbourne, Victoria

Inscription
label, inner waistband, printed in green ink on cream silk: THE COLOSSEUM / CHAPEL. ST. PRAHAN

Accession Number
D17-1975

Department
Australian Fashion and Textiles

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