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Cap
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Tiny infant’s night cap made of cross-bar dimity. Short and deep brim, small horseshoe crown, with cambric frill in front and tape ties.
G2004.074
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
Headwear
Infant
Historic Costume
Cap
Unisex
Dimity
circa 1800 - circa 1835
User Age: Infant Gender: Neutral
American
cap
hat
headwear
infant
baby
night cap
night
dimity
cross-bar
horseshoe
cambric
frill