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Infan'ts Collar

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1690-1730

GUSN

GUSN-26347

Description

White linen women's collar fragment; scrolled edge; white stylized floral embroidery. Mounted to cardboard w/ blue tissue paper cover.

Details

Descriptive Terms

collars (neckwear)
accessories
linen (material)
Collar
Collar

Inscription

Written on paper label: ""Infant's caps and bib,/ embroidered by Mrs. Thomas Fayerweather,/ about 1750./ Loaned by Mrs. S.H. Appleton.""

Maker

Possibly Fayerweather, Sarah Hubbard, 1730-1804 (Maker)

Accession Number

1998.5796

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