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Ruff

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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

GUSN

GUSN-13612

Description

White cotton; pleated; silk neckband; hook and eye closure; Elizabethan style.

Details

Descriptive Terms

ruffs
cotton (textile)
handmade
Collar
Ruff
Ruff

Inscription

Stamped on hook: ""NICHOLLS""

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Nicholls (Maker)

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.7189.2

Related Items

Title WIRE Accession Number 1969.7189.7

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