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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