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1950s

Woman's Cardigan Sweater

Artist/maker unknown

An ardent fisherwoman, Julia Andrews Bissell of Wilmington, Delaware, had this cashmere cardigan embellished with appliqués of trout, dragonflies, and stylized fishing poles cut from an Hermès silk scarf. She wore the cardigan only on fishing trips, in the evenings after changing from her fishing clothes.

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