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Woman's cap
Woman's cap

Woman's cap

early 19th century
Object PlaceBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Place of Manufacture(fabric) probably India
Medium/TechniqueCotton plain weave (mull) with cotton embroidery, deflected warps or wefts, lace instertion stitches
DimensionsOverall: 26.7 x 3.8 cm (10 1/2 x 1 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 number49.953
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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early 19th century
Part of a cap (unfinished)
early 19th century
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mid-19th century
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secon quarter of the 19th century
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second quarter of the 19th century
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Part of a cap (unfinished)
early 19th century
Embroidered fragment
mid-18th century
Woman's cap
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Modesty
mid-19th century
View: a-b
Mid-19th century