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Infant's cap
American
early 19th century
Object Place: USA
Medium/Technique
Cotton mull with cotton embroidery and linen tape
Dimensions
16 x 16 cm (6 5/16 x 6 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Oric Bates
Accession Number53.289
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionInfant's cap of white mull, made of one piece of material with seam in center back below small roundel in center of crown, fullness of crown gathered and smocked into central roundel, embroidered dot on crown, forehead band flanked on each side by two minute casings with minute linen tape drawstrings, embroidered design of three mintue stylized flowering serpentines throughout length of forehead band, minute linen tape drawstring in back; several small brown stains, one with hole.