Woman's cap

American

mid-19th century

Object Place: Lexington, Massachusetts, United States; Place of Manufacture: England (net and lace)

Medium/Technique Machine-made silk net trimmed with silk machine lace, and linen tape (in seams and casings)

Dimensions 26 x 29 cm (10 1/4 x 11 7/16 in.) measured flat on side for storage

Credit Line Gift of Miss Ellen A. Stone

Accession Number99.664.91

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsCostumes

DescriptionWhite net cap with lace ruffle, remnants of tape in casing around hole at top, (net and lace probably made in England)

ProvenanceWorn by member of the Robbins family; inherited by Ellen A. Stone; gift to MFA, 1899