Comb, tortoise shell, 19th century, front view

Authors

Irma G. Bowen Historic Clothing Collection

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.

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..

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Contributor

Astrida Schaeffer, photographer/curator

Creator

Unknown

Custom Type

StillImage

Distribution License

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

Extent

Length: 20 cm / 7.875 in.

Width: 17.8 cm / 7 in.

Format

JPG

Medium

Tortoiseshell