Cap

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Genesee Country Village & Museum

Name/Title

Cap

Entry/Object ID

G99.036

Description

Infant cap of machine made sprigged silk [?] bobbinet; small circular crown of finer bobbinet with embroidered simple carnation surrounded with simple asterisk-like stars. Back seam of insertion made of needlerun net; fine casings, no strings or loops. Very small.

Collection

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Category

Infant, Headwear
Historic Costume

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Cap

Clothing Sex

Unisex

Textile Details

Fabric

Bobbinet

Material

Needlerun net

Color

White

Made/Created

Date made

1825

Notes

User Age: Infant Gender: Neutral

Ethnography

Culture/Tribe

American

Lexicon

Search Terms

infant, baby, hat, headwear, cap, silk, bobbinet, embroidered, embroidery, carnation, star, net