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Historic Costume | Fine and Decorative Arts

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Cap

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Entirely hand stitched white cotton infant’s cap. White Ayreshire embroidery of little vines around edge; field of French knot triplets. Small circle crown with protruding vandykes; center of simple needle lace. 5 drawstring casings with fine plied cord, front ones unravelling. Casing across bottom. Front corners held loosely together with a loop of thread

G99.001

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Headwear

Infant

Historic Costume

Cap

Unisex

Cotton

Cotton

White

circa 1800 - circa 1825

User Age: Infant Gender: Neutral

American

Cap

Hat

headwear

infant

baby

hand stitched

ayreshire embroidery

ayreshire

emboidery

embroidered

vines

French knot

vandykes

needle lace

lace

drawstrings

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