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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, silk plain weave, wire wrapped in cloth and silk thread and paper
Dimensions
Overall (across top): 66.99 cm (26 3/8 in.)
Overall: 27.94 x 27.94 x 6.99 cm (11 x 11 x 2 3/4 in.)
Overall: 27.94 x 27.94 x 6.99 cm (11 x 11 x 2 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift in memory of Mrs. Horatio Appleton Lamb
Accession Number52.1262
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CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionWoman's headdress; band of wire covered in reddish-brown cloth tape across top; bunches of artificial flowers and leaves at ends that consist of light pink blossoms and buds (possibly honey suckle), bright pink elongated blossoms and buds (possibly fuscia), elongated green and brown gauzy leaves and rounder leaves in the same material, shiny reddish-brown and light green berries
ProvenanceInherited by Misses Aimee and Rosamund Lamb; Gift to the MFA, 1952