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Woman's headdress

French, worn in America
mid 19th century
Place of Manufacture: France; Place of Use: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Medium/Technique Cotton plain weave embossed, wire wrapped in cloth and paper, steel pin
Dimensions Overall (across top): 59.53 cm (23 7/16 in.)
Overall: 23.5 x 23.5 x 5.4 cm (9 1/4 x 9 1/4 x 2 1/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift in memory of Mrs. Horatio Appleton Lamb
Accession Number51.362
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ClassificationsCostumes

DescriptionWoman's headdress, wire wrapped in brown cloth and paper across top to create an artificial stem for clusters of white artificial flowers with glazed green leaves embossed in vein pattern and shiny red-orange pear-shaped fruit, pin stuck through two leaves onto stem
ProvenanceInherited by Misses Aimee and Rosamund Lamb; Gift to the MFA, 1951