Child's cap
date: label: Date
content: 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Child's cap of white linen. The broad brim is pierced and embroidered in a small all-over floral design in white, primarily in buttonhole stitch. The crown of the cap is of fine cotton dimity, shirred into extremely fine pleats. Bound with plain braid. At lower corners, inside, two loops of twisted thread indicate place for ties.
place: label: made in
content: possibly France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1953-20-8
objectType: label: Type
content: costume & accessories
label: Type
content: Child's cap
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: cotton, linen Technique: whitework embroidery with deflected element work Label: linen embroidered in linen with openwork, cotton crown
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 15.2 x 11.4 x 14 cm (6 x 4 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)