A bonnet of white cotton cord quilted with flowers, 18th century; and another similar, with paper tag from Ripon Industrial Society, 'Stewart Cap, lent by Mrs Waters'; a pair of cotton knitted gloves with paper tag inscribed Knit by Native Girls in Mrs Winckler's School, Madras and Knit by Girls in Mrs Bailey's School at Cottyam; and three pairs of knitted socks; a stomacher with corded and embroidered decoration, with diagonal embroidered lattice, early 18th century (2)

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A bonnet of white cotton cord quilted with flowers, 18th century; and another similar, with paper tag from Ripon Industrial Society, 'Stewart Cap, lent by Mrs Waters'; a pair of cotton knitted gloves with paper tag inscribed Knit by Native Girls in Mrs Winckler's School, Madras and Knit by Girls in Mrs Bailey's School at Cottyam; and three pairs of knitted socks; a stomacher with corded and embroidered decoration, with diagonal embroidered lattice, early 18th century (2)

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