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Infant's cap
Infant's cap

Infant's cap

last quarter of the 18th century
Object PlaceUnited States
Medium/TechniqueLinen plain weave with cotton embroidery and linen bobbin lace
DimensionsOverall: 16.2 x 15.2 cm (6 3/8 x 6 in.)
Credit LineGift of Emily Welles Robbins (Mrs. Harry Pelham Robbins) and the Hon. Sumner Welles, in memory of Georgiana Welles Sargent
Accession number49.948
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ClassificationsCostumes
InscriptionsWritten on cloth label sewn inside: "Infant's cap probably 1780-90 Sumner family"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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