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Veil

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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

late 19th-early

GUSN

GUSN-13755

Description

Black machine-made net lace; embroidered with circles and dots; one edge embroidered with curving and scrolling floral sprays and scalloped edge; two narrow ends have black looped/finished edge; other long edge has hand overcast end with a knot in center.

Details

Descriptive Terms

veils (headcloths)
headgear
Headcloth
Veil
Veil

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

27 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.7107

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