White linen; scalloped embroidered edges on the broad square neckline and the cap sleeves; neck trim is later cotton addition.
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Written in ink at neckline: ""Rebecca Jane Parker/1824""
Unknown
Gift of Mrs. Lea S. Luquer
1957.5
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