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1855-1865
GUSN-957
White sheer cotton; diamond-shaped crown divided into 4 smaller diamonds with lace inserts; left & right diamonds are tucked; front & back diamonds are drawnwork making a checkerboard, with backing on alternate squares inside crown; crown edged all around with eyelet band & trimmed with lace ruffle; brim trimmed with 3 rows of lace; ruffle at neck trimmed with lace insert & 3 rows of tucks & edged with lace; broad lace-edged self ties.
caps (headgear)
headgear
cotton (textile)
drawn thread work
eyelets (components)
textiles
stitching
lace (needlework)
lozenges
Women's clothing
Cotton
Lace
Eyelet
Drawnwork
Hand Stitched
Diamond
CAP
Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),
Unknown
Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.6002
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