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Cap
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Entirely hand stitched fine linen. White cotton embroidery, satin stitch. Horseshoe shape. Orderly vine with oval leaves having net filling and spines embroidered all around, encircles entire cap. Filling is large eyelets flanked with little leaflets. Seam is embroidered with narrow vine. Tiny drawstring casings around front and back. Back drawstrings missing; front ones are narrow round linen braid.
G97.096
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
Headwear
Infant
Historic Costume
Cap
Unisex
Linen
Cotton
Satin Stitch
1835
User Age: Infant Gender: Neutral
American
Cap
Hat
Headwear
Baby
Infant
Hand stitched
linen
cotton
embroidery
embroidered
satin stitch
horseshoe
vine
leaves
spires
eyelets
leaflets
braid