FLORAL AND LACE HAT PINS, PAIR
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
Two floral and lace, late Victorian hat pins. The head is covered in a bouquet of short .5” cream colored lace interspersed with small silk satin ribbon flowers, one with pink and pale pink rose buds with green leaves; the other is similarly designed with purple and white pansies with yellow stamens set on a steel pin measuring 8.25”L.
- Object name:
- FLORAL AND LACE HAT PINS, PAIR
- Made from:
- lace -- satin -- ribbon -- steel
- Made in:
- Unknown
- Date made:
- ca. 1890
- Size:
- 24.1 × 3.2 cm (9 1/2 × 1 1/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 2012.9.5.1-2
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973