Woman's headdress

French, worn in America

mid-19th century

Place of Manufacture: Paris, France; Place of Use: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Medium/Technique Wire, silk, gum Arabic, starch, beeswax, pigments, glass, and gelatin

Dimensions Overall: 53cm (20 7/8in.)

Credit Line Gift in memory of Mrs. Horatio Appleton Lamb

Accession Number51.360

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsCostumes

DescriptionHeaddress on wire with pendant masses of artificial cherries, strawberries, grapes, plums, blossoms, leaves and coral at each end of wire

ProvenanceInherited by Misses Aimee and Rosamund Lamb; Gift to the MFA, 1951