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CAP

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1855-1865

GUSN

GUSN-964

Description

White sheer stiff cotton bonnet; 3 tucks & zig-zag band around crown; piping around brim above ruffle with embroidered scalloped edges; 2 tucks in ruffle in back; drawstring at nape; self ties.

Details

Descriptive Terms

caps (headgear)
headgear
cotton (textile)
embroidering
stitching
geometric patterns
scalloping
Women's clothing
Cotton
Embroidered
Hand Stitched
Geometric
Scalloped
CAP

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.6334

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