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Woman's calash or hood
Woman's calash or hood

Woman's calash or hood

mid 19th century
Place of ManufactureFrance
Place of UseBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueSilk plain weave (taffeta), down filling, and silk plain weave ribbon, ribs unknown
DimensionsOverall (measured open): 35.6 x 29.2 x 22.9 cm (14 x 11 1/2 x 9 in.)
Credit LineGift in memory of Mrs. Horatio Appleton Lamb
Accession number51.341
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceInherited by Misses Aimee and Rosamund Lamb; Gift to the MFA, 1951
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