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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