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Cap

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Infant cap made of fine white sheer white cotton. Embroidered with large, white padded satin stitch flowers like zinnias having a net center and leafy fronds forming a wreath like shape. 3-leafed eyelets fill the ground. Circular crown with a single motif in it. Eyelet holes for drawstrings on the center front outside.

G2008.102

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Headwear

Infant

Historic Costume

Cap

Unisex

Cotton

Cotton

net

White

circa 1800 - circa 1820

User Age: Infant Gender: Neutral

American

cap

hat

headwear

baby

infant

cotton

embroidered

embroidery

satin stitch

flower

wreath

eyelet

Rhode Island

United States of America

North America

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