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Wednesday, 29 October 2014 20:54

s’Jacob’s Christening Veil

S’Jacob’s christening veil is an embroidered net veil given to the Dutch family of s’Jacob in about 1821 by Princess Anna Paulowna (1795-1865), daughter of Tsar Paul I of Russia and wife of (the future) King Willem II (r: 1792-1849) of the Netherlands.