Veil
- Object Name:
- Veil
- Object ID:
- 1939.013.13
- Place of Origin:
- Loudon, NH
- Date:
- circa 1820
- Description:
- Veil. Black silk net. Embroidered in small sprig all-over design. Scalloped edges with trailing flower design down sides. Large openwork flower design, bottom front, with four large medallions of large round flowers, two leaves, buds, vines, etc.
- Material:
- Textile
- Provenance:
- Label sewn onto veil, "Bonnet Veil embroidered by Sally Emery Morse wife of Moses Morse, Jr. of Loudon, N.H. She was born in 1790 and died in 1871".
Sally Emery Morse (1790-1872) was born in Pembroke, NH where she married Moses Morse (1788-1880). They resided in Loudon, NH. Sally Morse was the great-grandmother of the donor, Emma (Punchard) Radley (1885-194?). - Credit Line:
- Gift of Emma P. Radley
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