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CAP

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1840-1850

GUSN

GUSN-961

Description

White sheer starched cotton; embroidered allover with V-shape sprig motif; (Indian?); edged all around with scalloped lace; sheer cotton ties; drawstring at nape.

Details

Descriptive Terms

caps (headgear)
headgear
cotton (textile)
embroidering
stitching
scalloping
foliation (pattern)
Women's clothing
Cotton
Hand Stitched
Embroidered
Scalloped
Sprig
CAP

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.6331

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