veil

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Veils
Silk Fiber

Dimensions88.9 × 80.01 cm (35 × 31 1/2 in.)

MarkingsA handwritten label accompanying the object reads: "Head veil, for evening wear to / entertainments. Very Old [underlined], made of / fine, black , silk, thread; belonged to / Mrs. Wm. Leighton Sr, mother of Mrs. / Eliza Leighton Barrett of Concord, Mass. / Wife of Dr. Henry A. Barrett of / Concord, Mass.". See object file for original label.

Credit LineGift of Miss Mary Leighton, in memory of Mrs. Eliza Leighton Barrett (1938)

Object numberPER1849

DescriptionSquare, wide mesh head veil of black silk with a geomgetric openwork pattern around the border.

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