Woman's cap
date: label: Date
content: 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Woman's white cap with a drawstring at the back of the neck and wide border of Mechlin style bobbin lace at the front. The pattern on the lace is of a basket of flowers centered at the middle of the cap. The pattern is a repeating one. There is one complete motif and portions of the repeat of each side. The border of bobbin lace has been cut and hemmed to fit the hat at each side. There is an embroidered initial "I" on the left and "S" on the right.
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma Greenleaf
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1962-58-22
objectType: label: Type
content: costume & accessories
label: Type
content: Woman's cap
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: linen Technique: bobbin lace, Mechlin style
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 21.5 x 24.5 cm (8 7/16 x 9 5/8 in.)