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
mid-19th century
about 1800–20
mid 19th century
about 1800–20
18th century
second quarter of the 19th century
about 1840