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Infant's cap (taken apart)

American
third quarter of the 18th century
Object Place: Roxbury, Massachusetts, United States

Medium/Technique Linen plain weave and embroidery
Dimensions Overall: 19.5 x 36.8 cm (7 11/16 x 14 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Emily Welles Robbins (Mrs. Harry Pelham Robbins) and the Hon. Sumner Welles, in memory of Georgiana Welles Sargent
Accession Number49.943
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsCostumes

DescriptionInfant's cap with gathers let out forming a rectangular piece of cloth, one end turned with scalloped inner edge with double row of embroidered dots, ruffled edge made of finer linen
InscriptionsWritten in ink of fabric label sewn to cap: "Infant's cap probably Hyslop family mid 18th century"
ProvenancePossibly used by the Hyslop family; Elizabeth Hyslop Sumner (1757-1810) of Roxbury, Massachusetts; Inherited by her great-granddaughter 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