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Cream; double ruffle; appliqued front panel with scalloped edge trimmed with loops and embroidered with dots; featherstitching; fullness gathered at center back; lace inserted at back.
caps (headgear)
headgear
linen (material)
Cap
Cap, Baby
Cap, Baby
Handwritten note sewn onto left side: ""Linen cambric cap, made in 1769 for John Davis Williams, my great grandmother's (Hannah D. Williams) first baby. The child was born of a Sunday and christened the same day...C.W. Faucon.""
Unknown
Gift of Miss Catherine W. Faucon
1928.1003
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