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.
veils (headcloths)
headgear
Headcloth
Veil
Veil
Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),
Unknown
46 (W) (inches)
Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.5616
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