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Clothing across time
Dress can communicate craft, available materials and everyday routines.
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Dress can communicate craft, available materials and everyday routines. Follow each original page for the full work, caption, context and rights information.
A WAY TO LOOK CLOSER
What to notice
Dress can communicate craft, available materials and everyday routines.
Compare the clothing, pose and caption; a staged portrait is not a complete record of what everyone wore.
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