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Cap

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Entirely hand-stitched infant cap made of white dimity. Shaped to the head with a six-seam star effect in the back. Straight bottom edge just turned up for tiny hem. Very fine gauze or mull frill around front, whipped onto the edge; probably in period a tuck was made just behind the frill attachment to shorten the cap. The white cotton twill tape ties have a knot in the end and appear to have been attached very recently.

G2006.071

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Headwear

Infant

Historic Costume

Cap

Unisex

Dimity

Mull

White

circa 1825 - circa 1850

User Age: Infant Gender: Neutral

American

infant

baby

cap

headwear

hat

hand stitched

dimity

star

gauze

mull

frill

cotton

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