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Culture:American
Title:textile length; mourning veil; mourning trim
Date Made:1880-1920
Type:Clothing
Materials:textile: black crepe (silk? wool?)
Place Made:United States; New Jersey; Red Bank area
Measurements:overall: 38 1/2 in x 35 in; 97.79 cm x 88.9 cm
Accession Number:  HD 2008.22.3
Credit Line:Gift in memory of Mrs. Margaret Edwards Rullman of Red Bank, New Jersey
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

Description:
Length of black silk or wool crepe for mourning. This textile could have been used as a veil or as some other trimming to a woman's outfit. The presence of a deep hem on one side suggests a veil. This item may have descended in the Monmouth County/Freehold areas of New Jersey, in the Hendrickson/Edwards families.

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