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Cap

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Infant’s cap of linen with cotton embroidery with needlerun (cotton) warp frame cotton (?) net insertions. Insertion of handmade Mechlin ground (?) lace around crown; also short piece at back, Lille-type but needlerun warp frame net. Drawstrings of round linen braid at outer rim and along lace insertion.

G88.213

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Infant

Headwear

Historic Costume

Cap

Unisex

Linen

Cotton

White

circa 1800 - circa 1850

User Age: Infant Gender: Neutral

American

Cap

Headwear

Hat

Infant

Baby

Linen

Cotton

Embroider

Lace

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