19th Century First Half Woman's Cotton Mull Embroidered Cap With Lappets, French. #Regency #Hats #JaneAusten

119th Century First Half Woman’s Embroidered Cap, French. Cotton mull with cotton embroidery, linen bobbin lace insertion, silk ribbon, round gathered crown with spoked wheel design in center surrounded by long leafed wreath, outside this a wreath of carnations, same carnations around forehead band and neck band, design embroidered with white linen thread, white taffeta ribbon run through the embroidered net casing and tied in center back. via Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, U.S.A. mfa.org 

Definition Lappets: Two long strips of material, often lace, hanging from top of head down back or over shoulders. Sometimes extensions of a headdress and a requirement for court dress.

19th Century Second Half Woman's Cap, French. Linen embroidered net, cotton cord, sprig embroidery at back with cord sewn to bottom edge, long wide lappets trimmed with net border embroidered with floral motifs, linen plain weave tape ties. via Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, U.S.A. mfa.org — 19th Century Second Half Woman’s Cap, French. Linen embroidered net, cotton cord, sprig embroidery at back with cord sewn to bottom edge, long wide lappets trimmed with net border embroidered with floral motifs, linen plain weave tape ties. via Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, U.S.A. mfa.org

19th Century First Half Woman’s Cotton Mull Embroidered Cap With Lappets, French. #JaneAusten #Hats #Regency
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19th Century First Half Woman’s Cotton Mull Embroidered Cap With Lappets, French. #Regency #Hats #JaneAusten