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A Mantua is an article of women's clothing worn in the late seventeenth century and eighteenth century. Originally a loose gown, the later mantua was an overgown or robe typically worn over an underdress or stomacher and petticoat. From this garment arose the term mantua-maker, an early term for a women's dressmaker. |
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