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