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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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