Black handmade Chantilly lace; long and rectangular; embroidered with scrolling floral trail in center; embroidered (on long ends only) scalloped border with floral sprays.
veils (headcloths)
headgear
Headcloth
Veil
Veil
Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),
Unknown
Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.5610
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