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Woman's cap

1850s
Object PlaceUnited States
Medium/TechniqueEmbroidered linen net, with silk machine net and silk plain weave (taffeta) ribbons patterned with warp floats
Dimensions23 x 27 x 20 cm (9 1/16 x 10 5/8 x 7 7/8 in.) Hat only
Credit LineGift in memory of Mrs. Horatio Appleton Lamb
Accession number51.344
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceGift to the MFA, 1951
mid-19th century
about 1840
about 1829
mid-19th century
1850s
about 1815–20
about 1850