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Dress helmet with plume

Dress helmet with plume
Object name 
Dress helmet with plume
Date 
ca. 1888
Medium 
Felt, cork, leather, metal, horsehair
Dimensions 
Part (helmet): 8 x 11 x 7 3/4 in. (20.3 x 27.9 x 19.7 cm) Part (plume): 18 x 7 x 5 in. (45.7 x 17.8 x 12.7 cm)
Description 
Summer dre