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Cap
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Infant cap made of fine white sheer white cotton. Embroidered with large, white padded satin stitch flowers like zinnias having a net center and leafy fronds forming a wreath like shape. 3-leafed eyelets fill the ground. Circular crown with a single motif in it. Eyelet holes for drawstrings on the center front outside.
G2008.102
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
Headwear
Infant
Historic Costume
Cap
Unisex
Cotton
Cotton
net
White
circa 1800 - circa 1820
User Age: Infant Gender: Neutral
American
cap
hat
headwear
baby
infant
cotton
embroidered
embroidery
satin stitch
flower
wreath
eyelet
Rhode Island
United States of America
North America