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The Waltz-Minuet. The Latest Society Dance
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The Waltz-Minuet. The Latest Society Dance
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The Waltz-Minuet. The Latest Society Dance
Date 1894
Dimensions1 textual record ; 34.7 × 26.2 cm
ClassificationCommunication Objects - Documentary Objects - Literary Works
Origin Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, North America
Object NumberM2000.41.199
DivisionArchives - Textual Archives
CollectionMcCord
CreditGift of Louise Hurtubise Bousquet
NotesExhibition Costume Balls - Dressing Up History, 1870-1927
The Waltz Minuet


Each historical set performed a dance in keeping with the period and culture they represented. Professor Frank H. Norman of Montreal was called upon to provide instruction, so that guests in powdered wigs and silk stockings could learn to step lightly to minuets, quadrilles, gavottes and pavanes.

Status
Not on view

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