Christening cap

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Girl's christening cap, embroidered tulle, 1828, coll. Livrustkammaren, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Christening celebration

Christening cap was a headgear of 18th-and early 19th-century.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] The smallest cap in the collections of Den Gamle By is made of striped silk with linen in tabby weave. It has the measurements approximately a size of woman's fist, from forehead to the back of the neck it measures around 15.5 cm.[8]

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  6. ^ "Christening cap | European". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
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