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Historic Costume | Fine and Decorative Arts

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Cap

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Entirely hand stitched fine linen. White cotton embroidery, satin stitch. Horseshoe shape. Orderly vine with oval leaves having net filling and spines embroidered all around, encircles entire cap. Filling is large eyelets flanked with little leaflets. Seam is embroidered with narrow vine. Tiny drawstring casings around front and back. Back drawstrings missing; front ones are narrow round linen braid.

G97.096

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Headwear

Infant

Historic Costume

Cap

Unisex

Linen

Cotton

Satin Stitch

1835

User Age: Infant Gender: Neutral

American

Cap

Hat

Headwear

Baby

Infant

Hand stitched

linen

cotton

embroidery

embroidered

satin stitch

horseshoe

vine

leaves

spires

eyelets

leaflets

braid

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