Collection Highlights
The Rapalje Children
1768
1946.201
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Childs lace cap
Object name
Childs lace cap
Date
1780-1940
Medium
Cotton
Dimensions
overall (flat): 5 5/8 x 7 in. ( 14.3 x 17.8 cm )
Description
White cotton close-fitting baby bonnet made in two panels, the back panel is horseshoe shaped and is joined to the panel which goes over the head from ear to ear, there is hand embroidered whitework throughout in dots and wheat pattern, the edges are hemmed and untrimmed, encases drawstrings which cinch the bonnet snug.
Object Number
INV.11842
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
