A hood
American
about 1850
Object Place: United States
Dimensions
Overall (with curtain): 42.5 x 14 x 19.1 cm (16 3/4 x 5 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.)
Accession Number
51.661
Medium or Technique
Silk, and wool; gauze, ruching
Not On View
Collections
Americas, Textiles and Fashion Arts
Classifications
A hood with framework of flat strips of wire (?), covered with brown wool and silk gauze, wool gauze ruching around face edge and edge of crown, deep skirt all around bottom edge; several small moth holes.
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Marjorie W. Childs