Hand knit white cotton cap, front trimmed with deep crocheted loop frill. Tiers of crocheted net frills in back. White soutache braid threaded around perimeter. Rather hard-spun thread.Very similar to example shown at bottom.
Collection
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
Made/Created
Date made
1850 - 1920
Notes
User Age: Adult
Gender: Female
Ethnography
Culture/Tribe
American
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