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Historic Costume | Fine and Decorative Arts

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Cap

Object/Artifact

Day cap of (now)cream colored Carrimackross, prabably machine tamboured but there are some satin stitch details. Horseshoe crown with double brim, the underneath layer extending into long lappets with broad, rounded ends. Scallop-edged border all around. Floral wreath on crown surrounding a spray of grasses and flowers, repeated on the lappet. It appears that the back should have a casing to draw it in at the neck, but there is no evidence of it being so shaped.

G2004.121

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

1845 - 1855

User Age: Adult Gender: Female

American

Carrimackross

machine tamboured

satin stitch details

cap

headwear

day cap

Massachusetts

United States of America

North America

Everyday

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