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Child's cap
Chinese, Qing dynasty, late 19th century
China
Overall: 13.2 x 22.7cm (5 3/16 x 8 15/16in.)
Other (Circumference): 45.4cm (17 7/8in.)
Silk/cotton? and bronze-colored paper ornament embroidery, and stone or glass ball
Classification: CostumesObject is currently not on viewChild's cap composed of bands of embroidery: two bands are canvas solidly worked with a design is of diamonds and flowers; the other bands are of black cotton or poor silk embroidered with flowers. The colors are pink, cream color, brown, light green, white, and blues. On the top is a knob of bronzed paper surrounded with petal-like pieces of various colored damasks. Museum of Fine Arts, BostonGift of Louis H. Farlow, 1910
Accession number: 10.56Provenance/Ownership History: Gift from Louis H. Farlow to the MFA, March 3, 1910
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