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Infant's Capmid-18th century

Not on view
Small rounded silk cap with celadon green ground, embroidered floral motifs in blue, red, and green, trimmed with tarnished metallic lace border

Unknown, Infant's Cap, mid-18th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Costume Council Fund, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Infant's Cap
Place Made
France
Date Made
mid-18th century
Medium
Silk plain weave with silk and metallic-thread supplementary weft patterning and metallic-thread lace
Dimensions
4 × 4 3/4 × 3 3/8 in. (10.16 × 12.07 × 8.57 cm)
Credit Line
Costume Council Fund
Accession Number
M.81.71.8
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Maeder, Edward et al.. An Elegant Art: Fashion & Fantasy in the Eighteenth Century. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1983.