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Infant's cap

American
18th century
Object Place: United States

Medium/Technique Cotton mull with silk embroidery and linen Flemish bobbin lace
Dimensions 17 x 14.8 cm (6 11/16 x 5 13/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Wendell Taber
Accession Number49.372
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsCostumes

DescriptionInfant's embroidered mull cap; chain stitch floral sprig; band of Flemish bobbin lace insertion from center front to center back; very narrow bobbin lace ruffles at crown seams; (originally a ruffle of some sort around face); drawstrings in crown seams, around face, and at neck.