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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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