Baby's cap
date: label: Date
content: 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Baby's cap of fine white cotton ornamented with Hollie Point lace, a type of knotted needle lace, and white embroidery. Made in twelve sections and jointed by fine openwork stitches and decorated with scattered flower sprays of white embroidery. Sections run from front to back and join a small round crown of Hollie Point lace in a fruit basket design. Center panel and back and top of the cap are made of Hollie Point lace.
place: label: made in
content: England
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline E. Greenleaf
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1952-47-4
objectType: label: Type
content: knotted, knitted and crocheted textiles
label: Type
content: Baby's cap
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: cotton, linen Technique: knotted needle lace (Hollie Point)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (profile): 17 x 13 cm (6 11/16 x 5 1/8 in.)