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
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Not on viewClassificationsCostumes
Collections
ProvenanceInherited by Misses Aimee and Rosamund Lamb; Gift to the MFA, 1951
about 1850
late 18th to early 19th century
late 18th to early 19th century
1770-1785
late 19th century
1820–25
1820–25
1850s
1850s
mid-19th century
mid-19th century