A cap of ivory silk composed of six panels divided by gilt metal braid, with three embroidered scenes of a widow at a tomb, a dalmation and a bridge or mausoleum over a river, worked in coloured silks in tiny knot stitch, each scene duplicated, with gilt metal fringing and button top decoration, possibly with mourning associations, Continental, circa 1780

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A cap of ivory silk composed of six panels divided by gilt metal braid, with three embroidered scenes of a widow at a tomb, a dalmation and a bridge or mausoleum over a river, worked in coloured silks in tiny knot stitch, each scene duplicated, with gilt metal fringing and button top decoration, possibly with mourning associations, Continental, circa 1780

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