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Fragment of sheer ivory silk ribbon
French or English
1828
Object Place: France or England
Medium/Technique
Silk plain weave, supplementary warp and weft patterned
Dimensions
7 x 16 cm (2 3/4 x 6 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Sidney Cox
Accession Number55.164
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionFragment of sheer ivory silk ribbon bordered on each side with narrow stripe of satin and one of horizontal ribbing, fancy picot edges; said to have been a piece of the trimming of the wedding bonnet (a "leghorn flat") of Mary Durham, Maine, married Jesse Hayes, born June 2, 1797 at New Gloucester, Maine, on June 22, 1828. Mary Harmon was the great grandmother of Mr. Sidney Cox. A number of brownish stains.