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Cap

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Entirely handstitched cap, white heavy cotton; embroidered in back-stitch and satin stitch with a grapevine design on crown and brim; ties missing; cotton drawstrings in lower back edge; some kind of Valenciennes lace which seems machine-made.

G87.032

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Adult, Female

Headwear

Historic Costume

Cap

Female

Cotton

White

1845 - 1855

American

Machine

Cuba

New York

United States of America

North America

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