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Woman's headdress
Woman's headdress

Woman's headdress

mid-19th century
Place of ManufactureParis, France
Place of UseBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueWire, silk, gum Arabic, starch, beeswax, pigments, glass, and gelatin
DimensionsOverall: 53cm (20 7/8in.)
Credit LineGift in memory of Mrs. Horatio Appleton Lamb
Accession number51.360
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceInherited by Misses Aimee and Rosamund Lamb; Gift to the MFA, 1951
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