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Cap
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Infant cap of machine made sprigged silk [?] bobbinet; small circular crown of finer bobbinet with embroidered simple carnation surrounded with simple asterisk-like stars. Back seam of insertion made of needlerun net; fine casings, no strings or loops. Very small.
G99.036
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
Infant
Headwear
Historic Costume
Cap
Unisex
Bobbinet
Needlerun net
White
1825
User Age: Infant Gender: Neutral
American
infant
baby
hat
headwear
cap
silk
bobbinet
embroidered
embroidery
carnation
star
net