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Woman's headdress

mid-19th century
Place of ManufactureFrance
Place of UseBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueOstrich feathers, silk chenille, silk plain weave with suplementary patterning warps and wefts (ribbon), wire
DimensionsOverall: 52cm (20 1/2in.)
Credit LineGift in memory of Mrs. Horatio Appleton Lamb
Accession number52.1265
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceInherited by Misses Aimee and Rosamund Lamb; Gift to the MFA, 1952
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