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Brittany Style Cap

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1890-1900

GUSN

GUSN-13550

Description

White cotton; edged with scalloped lace; stiffend and sheer white ties; trimmed with light blue brocaded silk ribbon with floral garland of red/black roses and green and white flowers with gold leaves and branches.

Details

Descriptive Terms

caps (headgear)
headgear
silk (textile)
velvet (fabric weave)
wool (textile)
fancy dress
Cap
Cap

Inscription

1. Wrapped in paper w/ handwritten label: ""Britanny Woman's Costume"" 2. Wrapped in newspaper dated July 16, 1922.

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.7145.1

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Title Brittany Style Collar Accession Number 1969.7145.8

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