Woman's headdress
mid 19th century
Place of ManufactureFrance
Place of UseBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueCotton plain weave embossed, wire wrapped in cloth and paper, steel pin
DimensionsOverall (across top): 59.53 cm (23 7/16 in.)
Overall: 23.5 x 23.5 x 5.4 cm (9 1/4 x 9 1/4 x 2 1/8 in.)
Overall: 23.5 x 23.5 x 5.4 cm (9 1/4 x 9 1/4 x 2 1/8 in.)
Credit LineGift in memory of Mrs. Horatio Appleton Lamb
Accession number51.362
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ProvenanceInherited by Misses Aimee and Rosamund Lamb; Gift to the MFA, 1951
mid 19th century
mid 19th century
about 1960
mid 19th century
mid 19th century
Late 16th or early 17th century
16th century
A.D. 1476–1600 (?)
1993
first quarter of the 19th century
A.D. 1000–1476
early 19th century