Cap

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Genesee Country Village & Museum

Name/Title

Cap

Entry/Object ID

G97.096

Description

Entirely hand stitched fine linen. White cotton embroidery, satin stitch. Horseshoe shape. Orderly vine with oval leaves having net filling and spines embroidered all around, encircles entire cap. Filling is large eyelets flanked with little leaflets. Seam is embroidered with narrow vine. Tiny drawstring casings around front and back. Back drawstrings missing; front ones are narrow round linen braid.

Collection

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Cap

Clothing Sex

Unisex

Textile Details

Fabric

Linen

Material

Cotton

Sewing Stitch Type

Satin Stitch

Made/Created

Date made

1835

Notes

User Age: Infant Gender: Neutral

Ethnography

Culture/Tribe

American

Lexicon

Search Terms

Cap, Hat, Headwear, Baby, Infant, Hand stitched, linen, cotton, embroidery, embroidered, satin stitch, horseshoe, vine, leaves, spires, eyelets, leaflets, braid

Cap