Wax flowers worn by Florance Trevor

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

Wax flowers worn by Florance Colgate Rumbough Trevor as part of her wedding ensemble. Each full cluster has a thicker wire stem wrapped in dark green paper with thinner wires shooting off of it wrapped in paper or green thread. At the ends are pale orange wax flowers, white wax flower buds, or leaves made from green synthetic fabric. There are five (5) separable clusters, three (3) appear to be intact while the other two (2) are smaller and look to have become separated from the larger full clusters.

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