Wax orange blossoms, 1880-1890

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Creator

Unknown

Date Created

1880-1890

Subject

Costume accessories; Worn costume accessories; Wreath

Description

1880-1890. Wax orange blossoms on a wire, in two parts, intended for use in a wedding as a wreath or possibly as a decoration on the dress itself. The blossoms are shaped from wax and the leaves are fabric with a wire central vein.

Extent

Length: 20.32 cm / 8 in. (length of main piece)
Width: 10.2 cm / 4 in. (width of main piece)
Length: 12.1 cm / 4.75 in. (length of small piece)
Width: 5.1 cm / 2 in. (width of small piece)

Museum Number

420

Publisher

University of New Hampshire Library

Medium

Wax, fabric, wire

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

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.