White linen women's collar fragment; scrolled edge; white stylized floral embroidery. Mounted to cardboard w/ blue tissue paper cover.
collars (neckwear)
accessories
linen (material)
Collar
Collar
Written on paper label: ""Infant's caps and bib,/ embroidered by Mrs. Thomas Fayerweather,/ about 1750./ Loaned by Mrs. S.H. Appleton.""
Possibly Fayerweather, Sarah Hubbard, 1730-1804 (Maker)
1998.5796
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