Veil

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Artist

Mary N. Keith

Title

Veil

Place

United States (Object made in)

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Made 1800–1820

Medium

Silk, machine-made net; embroidered with silk in darning, running, and wave filling stitches

Dimensions

105 × 113.8 cm (41 3/8 × 44 3/4 in.); Upper part on field repeat: 7.1 × 5.9 cm (2 3/4 × 2 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Charles A. Spring, Jr.

Reference Number

1914.461

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