Digital Collections
Cap
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Entirely hand stitched fine white cotton infant cap, horseshoe crown finely sewn to brim with overcast or satin stitch. Border of buds, big spray of fernlike foliage with net centers, at each side. Ground of micro-eyelets with leaflets. Loops for ribbon at corners, casings (strings gone) at center front & center back.
G91.153
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
Headwear
Infant
Historic Costume
Cap
Unisex
Cotton
Cotton
net
White
Satin Stitch
circa 1810 - circa 1830
User Age: Infant Gender: Neutral
American
Cap
Infant
baby
headwear
hat
hand stitched
cotton
horseshoe
satin stich
Buds
foliage
eyelet
leaflet
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