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Headdress and matching bouquet (headdress)
French, worn in America
mid-19th century
Place of Manufacture: France; Place of Use: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Artificial pearls, wire, silk threads
Dimensions
Overall (length across top): 59.06 cm (23 1/4 in.)
Overall: 27.94 x 18.42 x 4.45 cm (11 x 7 1/4 x 1 3/4 in.)
Overall: 27.94 x 18.42 x 4.45 cm (11 x 7 1/4 x 1 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift in memory of Mrs. Horatio Appleton Lamb
Accession Number51.357a
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CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionWoman's headdress with wire arch and stems wrapped in silk threads or floss with strands of artificial pearls mounted across top; strands of graduated pearls hang off wire and silk stems with elongated pearls at ends
ProvenanceInherited by Misses Aimee and Rosamund Lamb; Gift to the MFA, 1951