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Part of a cap (unfinished)
Part of a cap (unfinished)

Part of a cap (unfinished)

early 19th century
Place of Manufacturepossibly India
Place of UseBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueCotton plain weave (mull) with cotton embroidery and deflected warps and wefts (drawnwork) and lace insertion stitches
DimensionsOverall: 15.9 x 39.4 cm (6 1/4 x 15 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Emily Welles Robbins (Mrs. Harry Pelham Robbins) and the Hon. Sumner Welles, in memory of Georgiana Welles Sargent
Accession number49.1036
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceInherited by Miss Georgiana Welles Sargent (born 1858) of New York City; Gift of Emily Welles Robbins (Mrs. Harry Pelham Robbins) and the Hon. Sumner Welles, in memory of Georgiana Welles Sargent, to MFA, 1949
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