Preview
Creator
Unknown
Date Created
1800s
Subject
Costume accessories; Worn costume accessories; Comb
Description
19th century. Large tortoise shell hair comb in the style of a Spanish peineta (as worn with a mantilla veil) with intricately hand-cut floral designs and sixteen teeth. Handmade.
Extent
Length: 20 cm / 7.875 in.
Width: 17.8 cm / 7 in.
Museum Number
429
Publisher
University of New Hampshire Library
Medium
Tortoiseshell
Contributor
Astrida Schaeffer, photographer/curator
Date Digitized
2-25-2019
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
Keywords
Combs (hair ornaments), Late 19th century, Tortoise shell, Peineta, Mantilla, Hand-cut, Handmade, Floral
Comments
The Irma G. Bowen Historic Clothing Collection digital catalog was produced by the UNH Library Digital Collection Initiative, supported in part by a grant from the Mooseplate program and New Hampshire State Council on the Arts. Additional funding provided by the E. Ruth Buxton Stephenson Memorial Fund.
Photography copyright, Astrida Schaeffer.