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French(?)
about 1890
Object Place: France(?)
Medium/Technique
Silk; lace
Dimensions
34.61 cm (13 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Descendants of Charles Callahan Perkins
Accession Number1989.94
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionDuchesse lace leaf with design of scrolls and flowers; silk gauze backing. 14 tortoiseshell (?) sticks, pierced ribs; tortoiseshell button at rivet, and loop. Initials of owner on guard. Original box. Condition: Good. Gauze backing is splitting along the fold lines. Arc: 170°.
ProvenanceSold by Tiffany and Co., NewYork. Owned by Mary Eleanor Perkins, daughter of Charles Callahan Perkins, one of the founders of the MFA, Boston. Carried at the wedding of Miss Perkins and Admiral Sir Louis Beaumont. (See Notes on the Collection.)