Embroidered cap and collar

Photograph at the Library Of Congress, entitled: Lace cap and collar made by Antonia Ford Willard… The intricate leaf and flower design (daisy) for a baby's bonnet and collar was created by Antonia Willard (1838-1871) while incarcerated at the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, D.C. on charges of spying for the Confederate Army during the Civil War.

Forms part of the Willard Family papers, Manuscript Division, Library Of Congress. Published in American women : a Library of Congress guide for the study of women's history and culture in the United States. Edited by Sheridan Harvey, et al. Washington : Library of Congress, 2001, p. 161.