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Cap

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1860-1865

GUSN

GUSN-946

Description

White sheer stiff cotton; shirred crown; brim of double ruffles with embroidered scalloped edges & third ruffle half-way down; ruffle at neck; self drawstring inside at nape; broad self ties with pointed ends.

Details

Descriptive Terms

caps (headgear)
headgear
cotton (textile)
embroidering
stitching
shirring
Cap
Cap

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.5097

Related Items

Title CAP Accession Number 1969.5423

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