ca. 1862
GUSN-30607
Blue and white chenille tassels attached to brown wire supports.
headdresses
headgear
dresses (garments)
chenille (yarn)
silk (textile)
wire
Women's clothing
Silk
Chenille
Wire
HEADDRESS
1) Handwritten in script on separate piece of paper: ""Head-dress worn / by my mother / about the time / she was married / in 1862. / Mrs. S."" 2) in pencil: ""worn at back of / head""
Unknown
Gift of Mrs. Lucy Haskell Sturtevant
1925.342
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