Cap

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Genesee Country Village & Museum

Name/Title

Cap

Entry/Object ID

G91.082

Description

Entirely hand stitched infant cap, fine cotton with tamboured (?) dots; inserted bands of 2-twist net: one across back, one across crown, one connecting the two. Tiny hem/casing. Fine hand plied drawstring in base, with microscopic eyelets.

Collection

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Category

Headwear, Infant
Historic Costume

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Cap

Clothing Sex

Unisex

Textile Details

Fabric

Cotton

Made/Created

Date made

1850

Notes

User Age: Infant Gender: Neutral

Ethnography

Culture/Tribe

American

Lexicon

Search Terms

Cap, Hat, Headwear, Indant, Baby, Hand stitched, Cotton, tambour, net, eyelet