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It shows a women in wide skirted, polonaise, style dress with a red underdress and a deep scarlet overdress. Both are trimmed with white frills at the hem and edges and the underskirt is decorated with silver tassels and ribbons. The neckline of the bodice is very low cut and it has tight, short sleeves. The dancer also wears circlets of white lace at her elbows and is looking over her left shoulder in to the distance. 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