Cap

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Genesee Country Village & Museum

Name/Title

Cap

Entry/Object ID

G96.121

Description

Entirely hand stitched thin white cotton. Horseshoe crown, deep brim with tiny neck and front casings. Loops for ribbons at corners. Additional casing near back of brim. Design of circles and ovals made of heavy cotton boullion-stitch forming corrugated outlines. Connected with leafy branches; vine border; French knot florets scattered about. Circles filled with knit ‘bobbinet,’ ovals with sprigged same. One looks like needle lace.

Collection

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Cap

Clothing Sex

Unisex

Textile Details

Fabric

Cotton

Material

Cotton

Color

White

Made/Created

Date made

1810

Notes

User Age: Infant Gender: Neutral

Ethnography

Culture/Tribe

American

Lexicon

Search Terms

Cap, Hat, Headwear, Infant, baby, hand stitched, cotton, horseshoe, circle, oval, boullion-stitch, vine, leaf, branch, French knot, floret, bobbinet, needle lace, lace

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