Beaded Child's Cap
Name/Title
Beaded Child's CapEntry/Object ID
2004.1.1Tags
Beadwork, Moravian, Baby capDescription
The cap with two bands of floral design and field of pink and green florettes, headed by an eight pointed blue and white star: the whole trimmed with tine seed beadsUse
to cover baby's headContext
Pennsylvania German communities valued the needleworking skills required ot create and adorn household textiles and fashionable clothing. This child's cap, decorated with vibrant tiny glass seed beads, is a fine example of the work produced by Pennsylvania German women in the early 19th century. The white and gold pinwheel motif on the crown of the cap is much like that found on fraktur and other Pennsylvania German decorative arts. This is attributed to the Moravians, a sect of Pennsylvania Germans with a large communities in Bethlehem and Litiz. A similar cap is pictured in Irwin Richman's 2001 publication, Pennsylvania German Arts: More Than Hearts, Parrots, and Tulips.Collection
ERS Decorative ObjectsCategory
Clothing and dress
Clothing/Dress/Costume Details
Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume
HatClothing Sex
UnisexTextile Details
Fabric
LinenMaterial
Glass seed beads, CottonColor
Pink, GreenMade/Created
Artist Information
Artist
AnonymousAttribution
Attributed to Pennsylvania MoraviansTime Period
19th CenturyPlace
* Untyped Place
PennsylvaniaEthnography
Cultural Region
* Untyped Cultural Region
PennsylvaniaCulture/Tribe
Moravian