Woman's headdress
mid 19th century
Place of ManufactureFrance
Place of UseBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueSilk plain weave; silk velvet; cotton mesh; wire and cotton thread wrapped in silkthread
DimensionsOverall: 51.44 cm (20 1/4 in.)
Overall: 41.91 x 22.86 x 1.91 cm (16 1/2 x 9 x 3/4 in.)
Overall: 41.91 x 22.86 x 1.91 cm (16 1/2 x 9 x 3/4 in.)
Credit LineGift in memory of Mrs. Horatio Appleton Lamb
Accession number51.373
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ProvenanceInherited by Misses Aimee and Rosamund Lamb; Gift to the MFA, 1951
mid 19th century
mid-19th century
mid 19th century
mid 19th century
18th century (?)
1969 design, 1991 edition
mid 19th century
18th century
1870 to 1890
1870 to 1890
10th–11th century
18th century