Woman's headdress
mid 19th century
Place of ManufactureFrance
Place of UseBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueSilk plain weave with satin warp stripe; silk and metal thread plain weave with supplementary weft stripe; wire wrapped silk plain weave and cotton mesh; steel pins
DimensionsOther (across top): 33.97 cm (13 3/8 in.)
Overall: 38.1 x 22.23 x 4.45 cm (15 x 8 3/4 x 1 3/4 in.)
Overall: 38.1 x 22.23 x 4.45 cm (15 x 8 3/4 x 1 3/4 in.)
Credit LineGift in memory of Mrs. Horatio Appleton Lamb
Accession number51.374
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ProvenanceInherited by Misses Aimee and Rosamund Lamb; Gift to the MFA, 1951
second quarter of the 19th century
second quarter of the 19th century
mid 19th century
19th century
4th–5th century
mid 19th century
1840s
late 18th century
first half of the 19th century
18th century
about 1770
early 19th century