Cap (Headgear)
1730-1760 (made)
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Baby’s cap of fine bleached linen, cut in 1 piece. It is decorated with drawn-thread work and tamboured with linen thread. There is a 1 5/16th-inch (3.3 cm) wide insertion of hollie point from side to side across the top of the head.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Linen; hand-woven, hand-embroidered, hand-sewn |
| Brief description | Baby's cap of linen whitework, C, 1730-60, British; whitework, hollie point |
| Physical description | Baby’s cap of fine bleached linen, cut in 1 piece. It is decorated with drawn-thread work and tamboured with linen thread. There is a 1 5/16th-inch (3.3 cm) wide insertion of hollie point from side to side across the top of the head. |
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| Accession number | T.70-1936 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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