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Historic Costume | Fine and Decorative Arts

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Cap

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Entirely hand stitched infant cap. Fine white windowpane dimity. Deep brim, horseshoe crown joined by hand-formed tape ‘rikrak’; fine cotton (?) frill with narrow tuck parallel to hem is whipped to front edge. Short handwoven linen tape ties. Narrow cotton braid drawstring in casing around bottom.

G96.119

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Infant

Historic Costume

Cap

Unisex

Cotton

White

1825 - 1850

American

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