Digital Collections

Capelet

Object/Artifact

Fine, sheer cotton mull or lawn capelet with elaborate, superb white cotton embroidery. Triangular form, shoulder seams, narrow foldover collar on a narrow stand. Roses, forget-me-nots and ivy with a wide variety of needlelace fillings. Similar detailing on narrow embroidered edging

G2005.098

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

1840

embroidery

needlelace

cotton mull

cotton lawn

triangular

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