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Veil

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1835-1845

GUSN

GUSN-13760

Description

Black machine-made lace; ground embroidered with floral sprays; one plain long end; opposite long end has floral trails and serpentine band; opposite narrow ends have C-scroll border; long and rectangular.

Details

Descriptive Terms

veils (headcloths)
headgear
Headcloth
Veil
Veil

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

46 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.5616

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