Name/Title

Cap

Entry/Object ID

G95.102

Description

Entirely hand stitched white cotton. Small domed crown formed of strips of wide Valenciennes lace and broderie anglaise. Frills all around and two extra layers at ears, adding length at the ears -- all made of petal-shaped tabs of intensely embroidered broderie anglaise with buttonholed lattice effect around the edges. Spectacular.

Collection

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1845 - 1855

Notes

User Age: Adult Gender: Female

Ethnography

Culture/Tribe

American

Lexicon

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