Baby's cap
Category
Costume
Date
1800 - 1830
Materials
Lace, Lawn linen, Net
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Killerton, Devon
NT 1363164
Summary
Baby's cap of fine linen lawn with drawn threadwork, strip of 18th century Hollie point lace from centre forehead to centre nape (circular piece at crown) with pattern of plant in pot; edged with needlerun net-triple flounce to face, single to neck. Possibly originally an eighteenth century cap, the net added in the nineteenth century?. 1800 - 1830 (circa)