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Cap

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Infant cap of fine dimity cotton, entirely hand-stitched. Fine crotchet work trimming entire piece. Dimity continue down into two ties.

2022.34.004

Genesee Country Village and Museum

Headwear

Infant

Historic Costume

Cap

Unisex

Dimity

Cotton

circa 1800 - circa 1830

User Age: Infant Gender: Either

Cap

Infant Cap

Baby

Child

Dimity

Cotton

Crotchet

Pierson, Nancy J.

Pierson, Dr. Allen

Pierson, Emma

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