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Woman's cap
Woman's cap

Woman's cap

around 1815
Object PlaceBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Place of Manufacture(fabric) probably India
Medium/TechniqueCotton plain weave (mull) with cotton embroidery and deflected warps or wefts (openwork)
Dimensions30 x 25.5 cm (11 13/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Emily Welles Robbins (Mrs. Harry Pelham Robbins) and the Hon. Sumner Welles, in memory of Georgiana Welles Sargent
Accession number49.955
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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