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George Washington mourning epaulette,

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full-length cut-out profile portrait of Washington wearing a black velvet tricorn hat and blue velvet coat with lace fringe, paper face and hands with applied human hair (?) wig, white silk knickers and black boots, all applied to a wool epaulette, American, late 18th/early 19th century, 14 x 9-1/2 in. Small loss to paper surface near the ear, discoloration or stain to silk knickers. Provenance: Estate of the Late William and Priscilla Carlebach, Mystic, Connecticut and Bedford, New York.

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