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Cap

Object/Artifact

Entirely hand stitched cap made of India muslin tamboured there, probably; appears to have been recycled from earlier dress. Made in 3 sections: 2 side panels with curved tops joined by a piped seam to a long central rectangle, its sides gathered into the seam; band of hand made Valenciennes insertion down the center from front to back. Side and back have self frill; front has frill embellished with fagotting and satin-stitched vandyked edges, more coarsely executed.

G2004.120

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

1840 - 1850

User Age: Adult Gender: Female

American

hand stitched

India muslin

tamboured

Valenciennes insertion

faggoting stitch

vandyked edges

Massachusetts

United States of America

North America

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