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lace fichus, and an apron and capes of tambale embroidery, besides 
other articles of wearing apparel, a sample of early quilting, fans, 
etc. A large collection from Mrs. Julian James is especially note- 
worthy as representing the history of an American family during 
the period of a century past by a great variety of objects of costly 
materials and fine workmanship. There are dresses, bonnets, laces, 
gloves, and the various other classes of objects necessary to complete 
the attire of the well-dressed woman, ornaments for the hair, jewelry 
of many kinds, accessories for the street, toilet articles, and other 
household belongings. The Misses Long also contributed a large 
number of specimens which are especially important as showing the 
exquisite needlework and great taste of our ancestors in providing 
articles for their personal use. Their loan contains oriental crépe 
material of a wedding dress imported about 1810, baby clothes, a 
cap, a handkerchief, fans, slippers, stockings, lace sleeves, fichus, 
household articles, a comb, sets of jewelry, a brooch, ete. 
Exceptionally notable was a gift from Mrs. John Van Schaick, jr., 
of Washington, of 10 pieces of jewelry and 1 of ivory, which are both 
intrinsically and artistically of much value. They were the property 
of Julia Adelaide Tyson, wife of Benjamin F. Romaine, of New 
York, and mother of Mrs. Van Schaick, and comprise bracelets, ear- 
rings, and a brooch of Roman gold set with cameos and pearls, a 
brooch with miniature on porcelain of Holbein’s Madonna, a pendant 
of niosaic, an enameled brooch, a Limoges pendant of Henry IV, a 
brooch set with a trilobite, and an ivory triptych of the fifteenth 
century. 
Among other loans of miscellaneous articles were 7 shawls of 
Cashmere, crépe and lace veils, fans, brooches and other jewelry, a 
Lowestoft tea caddy, badges, etc., from Mrs. E. L. McClelland, of 
Washington; a locket with a picture of “ Peace,” period of 1812, 
and a tortoise-shell back comb, from Mrs. Frank W. Clarke, of Wash- 
ington; 3 bonnets of 1850 and a fur muff, from Mrs. Allan McLane, 
of Washington; silver mugs, knives, forks, and spoons, period of 
1860, besides needlework and wearing apparel, from Miss Jennie M. 
Griswold; and 6 beautiful Spanish and French fans from Madame 
Carlos Maria de Pena, wife of the minister from Uruguay. Three 
fans, 2 cardcases, and a pair of jet bracelets contained in the bequest 
of Miss Lucy H. Baird were assigned to this collection. Besides the 
India shawls already referred to, 2 were received as a gift from 
Miss L. L. Lander, of Washington, and 1, of the period of 1820-1840, 
was presented by Commodore R. G. Davenport, United States Navy, 
retired, while 1 was lent by Mrs. John FE. McElroy, of Albany, N. Y. 
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