Collection Highlights
American Bastille
Date:
Object Number:
LIB.E458.8.M36.1870F.XL
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Headscarf/ Lady's farckle(?): triangle
Object Number:
INV.11467
Date:
1840-1870
Medium:
Silk, linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/2 x 8 1/4 x 1/2 in. ( 29.2 x 21 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Triangular headscarf of shirred white silk gauze with pink silk velvet ribbon around all sides, with pink and green silk velvet ribbon bows at two corners and in the center, a shirred triple ruffle trims the edges, it is lined on the underside with linen.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
