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Infant's cap
American
last quarter of the 18th century
Object Place: United States
Medium/Technique
Linen plain weave with cotton embroidery and linen bobbin lace
Dimensions
Overall: 16.2 x 15.2 cm (6 3/8 x 6 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Emily Welles Robbins (Mrs. Harry Pelham Robbins) and the Hon. Sumner Welles, in memory of Georgiana Welles Sargent
Accession Number49.948
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionInfant's cap with lighter-weight linen or mull ruffle trimmed with bobbin lace; casings and tape ties around face and along bottom edge at back; chin ties missing; side panels embroidered with two rows of off-set dots
InscriptionsWritten on cloth label sewn inside: "Infant's cap probably 1780-90 Sumner family"
ProvenanceInherited by Miss Georgiana Welles Sargent (born 1858) of New York City; Gift of Emily Welles Robbins (Mrs. Harry Pelham Robbins) and the Hon. Sumner Welles, in memory of Georgiana Welles Sargent, to MFA, 1949