Lot Essay
Mezzara were used by grandes dames in Genoa as sorties-de-bal capes to wear over out-sized crinoline skirts
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A COTTON MEZZARA
GENOA, 1860S
printed with a menagerie of exotic animals beneath a palm tree
100in. x 98in. (254cm. x 249cm.)
GENOA, 1860S
printed with a menagerie of exotic animals beneath a palm tree
100in. x 98in. (254cm. x 249cm.)
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