Veil

Museum number:
7-10047
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21070010047
Alternate number:
25S (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4092
Description:
“Black lace chapel veil, machine-made, novelty” pattern. Floral pattern. ~122cm x 39cm.
Donor:
(anonymous)
Collection place:
France
Verbatim coll. place:
France , fide Kaethe Kliot, owner, Lacis, 2001.
Culture or time period:
European
Collector:
Mrs. William Fitzhugh Sr.
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Lace (needlework)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
October 13, 1985
Context of use:
Chapel veil. c 1925. Note: one of 3 “chapel veils” originally grouped and numbered “25S”. See 2-72004 and 2-72005.
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Veil, accession number 7-10047, described as “Black lace chapel veil, machine-made, novelty” pattern. Floral pattern. ~122cm x 39cm.

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