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Baby's bonnet: T.10-1943

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Unknown

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Description

White muslin, worked with white cotton in button hole, eyelet hole, hem, overcast, running, satin stitches with needlepoint lace fillings. Front edge hemmed, cord inserted in it and in two tucks to form drawstrings. Ground covered by bands of repeating sprays of leaflets two parallel to edge, alternating with two rows of circles. Back gathered to circular medallion and with a pattern of two circles of leaflets radiating from a circle of needlepoint lace, pointed scallops with eyelet holes on edge.

Legal notes

Given by Mrs. C. Morshead Baker

Measurements and weight

Height: 6.75 in
Width: 6.5 in

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1943-10) by Morshead Baker, C., Mrs

Dating

19th Century, Early#
Circa 1800 CE - Circa 1849 CE

School or Style

English

Materials used in production

Muslin

Identification numbers

Accession number: T.10-1943
Primary reference Number: 197660
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Audit data

Created: Thursday 13 February 2014 Updated: Tuesday 17 October 2017 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

Citation for print

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Baby's bonnet" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/197660 Accessed: 2024-11-05 21:12:07

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