Cap with Wide Lace Border Featuring the Virgin, Angels & Lilies of the Annunciation
Cap with Wide Lace Border Featuring the Virgin, Angels & Lilies of the Annunciation
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- Description (Brief)
- Cap, possibly baptismal cap, with Flemish Pottenkant bobbin lace border, five inches wide with motifs of the Virgin, the angels and lilies of Annunciation. Much mended. Tiny initials "C" and "E" are embroidered on the sides in pink.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Lace
- lace, cap, embroidery
- Object Type
- lace
- date made
- 19th Century
- Physical Description
- cotton (overall cap and ribbon material)
- linen (lace material)
- bobbin lace (lace production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 5 in x 17 in; x 12.7 cm x 43.18 cm
- ID Number
- TE.L6555
- catalog number
- L6555.000
- accession number
- 49655
- Credit Line
- Mrs. J. W. Pinchot, 1909
- See more items in
- Cultural and Community Life: Textiles
- Lace
- Textiles
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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