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Infant's Cap

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1820-1830

GUSN

GUSN-32380

Description

Cream; net ruffle embroidered with flowers; cap consists of bands of cotton embroidered with (couching) floral sprays, alternate with net embroidered with serpentine band; five sets of drawstrings.

Details

Descriptive Terms

caps (headgear)
headgear
cotton (textile)
embroidering
stitching
Cap
Cap, Baby
Cap, Baby

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Catherine W. Faucon

Accession Number

1928.1067

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