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Historic Costume | Fine and Decorative Arts

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Cap

Object/Artifact

Muslin cap made of thin white cotton, entirely hand stitched. Horseshoe crown defined by a double symmetrical flat frill; double frills around back and front, fuller at chin corner. Long self ties with rounded wide bottoms. Edges finished with double scallops; frills have “cheerios” along the edge; the crown and brim are filled with rows of French knots mingled with tiny leaf sprigs and a few eyelets.

G2008.104

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

1845 - 1850

User Age: Adult Gender: Female

American

cap

hat

headwear

female

woman

cotton

hand stitched

horseshoe

frill

scallops

French knots

leaf

eyelets

Rhode Island

United States of America

North America

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