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The Breton Tunic, September 1877
(to match Breton jacket of August 1877)
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"The Breton costume is very popular, even for wash-dresses, as a plain coloured
material can be made to look very pretty, by trimming it with bands of gay-striped
chintz, instead of embroidery."

"Many of the self-colored cambric costumes are made up in this style, but the 
material used in our model is vicugna cloth; the foundation of the embroidered 
bands is white Indian cashmere..." (for more, see s1877_4.txt)



no. 1 half of tablier
no. 2 half of square tunic for the back
no. 3 pocket


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