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Cap Border (USA)

This is a Cap border. It is dated ca. 1820 and we acquired it in 1931. Its technique is needlework on net. It is a part of the Textiles department.

This object was donated by Eleanor Garnier Hewitt and Sarah Cooper Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt, from the textile collection of Mrs. Abram Stevens Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 44 x 11.7 cm (17 5/16 x 4 5/8 in.)

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Cap Border (USA); H x W: 44 x 11.7 cm (17 5/16 x 4 5/8 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt, from the textile collection of Mrs. Abram Stevens Hewitt; 1931-4-97

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