White starched cotton; bonnet shape with wide lapets; back formed by piece of ribbed cotton and piece of plain cotton gathered onto lapets.
caps (headgear)
headgear
cotton (textile)
Cap
Cap
Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),
Unknown
Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.7168
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