Brown Print Dress with Bonnet and Brown Cape Worn by Shirley Temple in the Film "Dimples"

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Of sturdy serge-like cotton, in rich brown color with defined floral pattern, the costume features a pretty day dress with gathered sheer yoke, short puffed sleeves, V-shaped waist over gathered skirt, and trimmed with brown braid and white rick-rack. The original petticoat with three tiers of cutwork ruffles and a brown heavy crepe cape with black fringed trim are included, along with a matching bonnet with brown crepe cap and a wide pleated brim and streamers of the brown cotton. The skirt has original label "5131 Shirley" and the bonnet has the label of "Baldwin & Munn Hollywood". The costume was worn by Shirley Temple as Dimples Appleby in the 1936 film "Dimples" in the scene where Dimples learns that the Professor has used the theatre company's funds to buy Napoleon's watch (which is revealed as a fake), and then sobs to him, "You promised not to steal, you promised".