Collection Highlights
Parure
ca. 1820
1920.11-17
Cut steel
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Luce Center
Wig: bald top-long sides- Benjamin Franklin style
Title
Wig: bald top-long sides- Benjamin Franklin style
Object name
Wig
Date
1850-1900
Medium
Hair, cotton, cloth tape
Dimensions
Overall (flat): 13 x 9 x 1 in. (33 x 22.9 x 2.5 cm)
Description
Benjamin Franklin-style wig with bald crown and loose, wavy strands of graying brown surrounding bald spot; hair knotted to cap made of light brown cotton twill fabric with light and medium brown cloth tape stitched inside for reinforcement.
Object Number
INV.12181
Marks
handwritten in ink: inside cap: ". . . 2/8 . . . HOUSTON[?]. . ."
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