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Head Dress

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1850s

GUSN

GUSN-6938

Description

Blue and black silk net; two bands of blue trim; long fringe of blue and black silk.

Details

Descriptive Terms

headdresses
headgear
dresses (garments)
handmade
net (textile)
silk (textile)
Regalia
Headdress
Women's clothing
Silk
Net
Handmade
Headdress

Inscription

Handwritten in script on separate piece of paper: ""Four Headdresses / worn by / Rachel Trefaut Sewell / Bath Maine."" (1923.422A-D).

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Gift of the Misses Cutler

Accession Number

1923.422C

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